What is it about?
This study examined social withdrawal in infants (Alarm Distress Baby Scale-ADBB) and depressive symptoms in mothers (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-EPDS) of two cohorts: full-term and moderately premature infants, who were assessed repeatedly at 3, 6, and 9 months postpartum.
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Why is it important?
Results suggest that premature infants evince higher social withdrawal as compared to full-term infants. Mothers of premature infants are prone to show more evidence of postpartum depression than mothers of fullterm infants. In this study maternal depressive symptoms were related to infants' social withdrawal behavior.
Perspectives
Intensive care units should recognize the need to screen for infant social withdrawal as well as maternal depressive symptoms even among premies with moderately low birthweight.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: RELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS IN FULL-TERM AND PREMATURE INFANTS AND DEPRESSIVE SYMTOMS IN MOTHERS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY, Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, October 2013, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21414.
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