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Mother–toddler interaction patterns associated with maternal depression

Penny Jameson · Donna M. Gelfand · ELISABETH KULCSAR · Douglas Michael Teti

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Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

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Interactive coordination was observed in laboratory play interactions of pairs of 29 clinically depressed and 14 nondepressed mothers and their 13-29-month-old children (M = 18.9 months). Nondepressed mothers and their children displayed more interactive coordination than depressed-mother dyads (p < .001). Depressed mothers were less likely to repair interrupted interactions, and their toddlers were less likely to maintain interactions than nondepressed controls. Toddlers matched their nondepressed but not their depressed mothers negative behavior rates. Results suggested that early interventions focus on training mothers to attend to maintain, and repair mother-child interactions to more closely approximate normal levels of interactive coordination.

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