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The impact of postnatal depression and associated adversity on early mother–infant interactions and later infant outcome
Abstract
The impact of maternal depression and adversity on mother-infant face-to-face interactions at 2 months, and on subsequent infant cognitive development and attachment, was examined in a low-risk sample of primiparous women and their infants. The severe disturbances in mother-infant engagement characteristic of depressed groups in disadvantaged populations were not evident in the context of postpartum mood disorder in the present study. However, compared to well women, depressed mothers were less sensitively attuned to their infants, and were less affirming and more negating of infant experience. Similar difficulties in maternal interactions were also evident in the context of social and personal adversity. Disturbances in early mother-infant interactions were found to be predictive of poorer infant cognitive outcome at 18 months. Infant attachment, by contrast, was not related to the quality of 2-month interactions, but was significantly associated with the occurrence of adversity, as well as postpartum depression.
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- Authors
- Murray, L., Fiori-Cowley, A., Hooper, R., & Cooper, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University of Reading (GB)
- Venue
- Child Development
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1996-10
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 2512
- ISSN
- 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1974345876
- Cited by
- 1,311
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 16.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Health and Development
- Keywords
- postpartum depression, maternal adversity, mother-infant interaction, infant cognitive development, infant attachment, maternal sensitivity, postpartum mood disorders, primiparous women, social adversity
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Intelligence, Life Change Events, Male, Maternal Behavior, Mother-Child Relations, Object Attachment, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Psychosocial Deprivation, Socialization, Depression, Postpartum
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