OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of maternal depression on infant social engagement,
fear regulation, and cortisol reactivity as compared with maternal anxiety disorders and …

Background Maternal pre-and postnatal psychological distress, such as anxiety and
depression, may negatively affect mother-infant interaction quality. However, more …

Increasing evidence suggests that maternal depression during pregnancy is associated with
child behavioral outcomes even after accounting for later maternal depression. The purpose …

OBJECTIVE: To examine relations between maternal depression (in pure and comorbid
forms) and mother–infant interactions, infant attachment, and toddler social-emotional …

Maternal postpartum depression (PPD) exerts long-term negative effects on infants; yet the
mechanisms by which PPD disrupts emotional development are not fully clear. Utilizing an …

Accumulating evidence suggests that antenatal depression predicts infants' negative
affectivity, albeit with variable effect sizes. With a prospective longitudinal design, we sought …

Background Most evidence of the association between maternal depression and children's
development is limited by being cross-sectional. To date, few studies have modelled …

Early biobehavioral regulation, a major influence of later adaptation, develops through
dyadic interactions with caregivers. Thus, identification of maternal characteristics that can …

Background Maternal depression and anxiety have been associated with deleterious child
outcomes. It is, however, unclear how the chronicity and timing of maternal mental health …

Background: The current study examines the relationship between maternal depression and
infant cortisol concentrations. The potential roles of comorbid maternal anxiety disorders …