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Association between maternal depression and maternal sensitivity from birth to 12 months: a meta-analysis
Abstract
Maternal sensitivity plays a central role in shaping children's development across a number of domains, and may be disrupted by depression. The current meta-analysis quantified the magnitude of the association between depression and maternal sensitivity, defined broadly as timely, contingent, and appropriate responding to infants' cues, from birth to 12 months. Across k = 48 studies and n = 4,934 mother-infant dyads, the aggregate effect size between depression and maternal sensitivity was r = -.16, p < .0001, indicating that mothers with higher depression levels were less sensitive than mothers with lower depression levels. Studies that compared a depressed group with a nondepressed/control group had larger effect sizes (r = -.35, p < .0001) than studies that examined depression within a single sample of either unselected cases or clinical-only cases (r = -.11, p < .001), suggesting that clinical levels of depression may pose a particular threat to sensitive parenting. Clinical implications (e.g. screening, prevention) are discussed.
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- Authors
- Bernard, K., Nissim, G., Vaccaro, S., Harris, J. L., & Lindhiem, O.
- Venue
- Attachment & Human Development
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-01-29
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 578-599
- ISSN
- 1461-6734 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-2988
- OpenAlex
- W2791955905
- Cited by
- 266
- References
- 114
- FWCI
- 5.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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