Background Attachment theory has long argued that insecure and disorganized attachment
representations are associated with vulnerability to psychopathology in general, and …

Maternal mental disorders can significantly impact on children's psychosocial and
psychological development, incurring substantial ongoing economic and personal costs. A …

This study examined early and long‐term effects of maternal postpartum depression on
cognitive, language, and motor development in infants of clinically depressed mothers …

Parenting behavior is a key factor in children's socio-emotional development. However, little
is known about similarities and differences in maternal and paternal parenting behavior, as …

Previous studies on effects of postpartum depression (PPD) on infant-mother attachment
have been divergent. This may be due to not taking into account the effects of stable …

Many fathers suffer from burdening depressive symptoms in the period after the birth of their
child (postnatal depression [PND]). In mothers, attachment insecurity has been empirically …

When untreated, postpartum depression (PPD) can severely, negatively affect maternal
health, child development, and the wellbeing and functioning of the entire family. Yet …

Empirical evidence links sensitive parenting behavior to positive developmental trajectories
in children, whereas parental intrusiveness, in contrast, has been found to increase the risk …

Gaze is one of the main means of communication in young infants, and it has been shown to
be important for subsequent socio‐emotional and cognitive development. Maternal …

ABSTRACT Parental Embodied Mentalizing (PEM) captures the parent's capacity to
extrapolate the child's mental states from movement and respond on a nonverbal level. Little …