What is it about?
This is a study of the effect of maternal depression on infant cortisol production across three groups of mothers exhibiting differential patterns of displaying the ailment.
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Why is it important?
It should l be noted that even if infants of mothers with comorbid depression and anxiety had higher cortisol levels from morning to bedtime compared to the other groups at 6 and 12 months, no such group differences were observed at 18 months.
Perspectives
It is noteworthy that infants seem to undergo changes in their stress regulation capacites and/or that maternal coping strategies may change some time during the first half of the second year of life.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Maternal depression and infant daytime cortisol, Developmental Psychobiology, April 2012, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21033.
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