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Interactions between mothers and infants: impact of maternal anxiety
- Abstract:
- The aim of the study was to examine the impact of anxiety in the postnatal year on maternal contribution to mother-infant interaction. Participants were 32 mothers with high anxiety and 32 mothers with low anxiety, when their infants were aged 10-14 months. Mother-infant interaction was videotaped during a standardized play situation and coded blind to group status. High trait anxiety mothers showed less sensitive responsivity (p<.05) and reduced emotional tone (p<.05) during interaction. When participants scoring high in depressive symptomatology were removed for a subgroup analysis, the same pattern of results was obtained, suggesting that the observed differences in mother-infant interaction were due to group differences in anxiety.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.08.005
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Infant Behavior and Development More from this journal
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 161-167
- Publication date:
- 2007-02-01
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- ISSN:
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0163-6383
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English
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- Copyright date:
- 2006
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