What is it about?
This study is about early infant social withdrawal, maternal depression, and later child social emotional functioning.
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Why is it important?
The study suggests that maternal depressive mood is a more salient indicator of infant developmental risk than infant withdrawal behavior and gestational age. Early maternal depressive symptoms emerged as a significant predictor of later child social emotional functioning. Neither infant withdrawal nor gestational age evinced a significant relation to later social emotional behavior.
Perspectives
It is noteworthy that maternal depression in the perinatal period may be a better forcast of later child social emotional functioning than infant withdrawal behavior and gestational age. Nevertheless, clinicians should consider the complex interplay between infant withdrawal behavior and maternal postpartum depression for early intervention planning.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Precursors of social emotional functioning among full-term and preterm infants at 12 months: Early infant withdrawal behavior and symptoms of maternal depression, Infant Behavior and Development, August 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2016.06.012.
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