Cited by 1,089Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumInfant Development and Preterm CareChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

The Impact of Postnatal Depression on Infant Development

Murray, Lynne·1992·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Abstract

Abstract A large sample of primiparous women was screened far depression after childbirth. Those identified us depressed, women with a previous history of depression and a control group were followed up to 18 months, went their infants were assessed on measures of congomotive, spcoal and behavioural development. Infants of postnatally depressed mothers performed worse on object concept tasks, were more insecurely attached to their mothers and worst on object concepl task, were mure insecurely attached to their mothers and showing more mild behavioural difficulties. Postnatal depression had no effect on general cognitive and language development, but appeared to make infants more vulnerable to adverse effects of lower social class and male gender.

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Crossref · 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00890.x

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Authors
Murray, L.
Affiliations
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Murray, Lynne
Venue
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1992-03
Volume
33
Issue
3
Pages
543-561
ISSN
  • 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7610
OpenAlex
W1996377580
Cited by
1,089
References
39
Citations by year
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FWCI
37.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
postpartum depression, infant development, primiparous women, maternal depression, insecure attachment, cognitive development, language development, social class
MeSH terms
Child, Child Development, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Mothers, Object Attachment, Sex Factors, Postpartum Period

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