Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants’ expressive language abilities
High levels of maternal responsiveness are associated with healthy cognitive and emotional development in infants. However, depression and anxiety can negatively impact individual mothers’ responsiveness levels and infants’ expressive language abilities. Australian mother-infant dyads (N = 48) parti...
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| author | Ruth Brookman Marina Kalashnikova Penny Levickis Janet Conti Nan Xu Rattanasone Kerry-Ann Grant Katherine Demuth Denis Burnham |
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| description | High levels of maternal responsiveness are associated with healthy cognitive and emotional development in infants. However, depression and anxiety can negatively impact individual mothers’ responsiveness levels and infants’ expressive language abilities. Australian mother-infant dyads (N = 48) participated in a longitudinal study examining the effect of maternal responsiveness (when infants were 9- and 12-months), and maternal depression and anxiety symptoms on infant vocabulary size at 18-months. Global maternal responsiveness ratings were stronger predictors of infants’ vocabulary size than levels of depression and anxiety symptoms. However, depression levels moderated the effect of maternal responsiveness on vocabulary size. These results highlight the importance of screening for maternal responsiveness–in addition to depression–to identify infants who may be at developmental risk. Also, mothers with elevated depression need support to first reduce their symptoms so that improvements in their responsiveness have the potential to be protective for their infant’s language acquisition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22b1fab8bb29489da8611a9dc60f23cb2023-01-15T05:31:16ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01181Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants’ expressive language abilitiesRuth BrookmanMarina KalashnikovaPenny LevickisJanet ContiNan Xu RattanasoneKerry-Ann GrantKatherine DemuthDenis BurnhamHigh levels of maternal responsiveness are associated with healthy cognitive and emotional development in infants. However, depression and anxiety can negatively impact individual mothers’ responsiveness levels and infants’ expressive language abilities. Australian mother-infant dyads (N = 48) participated in a longitudinal study examining the effect of maternal responsiveness (when infants were 9- and 12-months), and maternal depression and anxiety symptoms on infant vocabulary size at 18-months. Global maternal responsiveness ratings were stronger predictors of infants’ vocabulary size than levels of depression and anxiety symptoms. However, depression levels moderated the effect of maternal responsiveness on vocabulary size. These results highlight the importance of screening for maternal responsiveness–in addition to depression–to identify infants who may be at developmental risk. Also, mothers with elevated depression need support to first reduce their symptoms so that improvements in their responsiveness have the potential to be protective for their infant’s language acquisition.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9833548/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Ruth Brookman Marina Kalashnikova Penny Levickis Janet Conti Nan Xu Rattanasone Kerry-Ann Grant Katherine Demuth Denis Burnham Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants’ expressive language abilities PLoS ONE |
| title | Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants’ expressive language abilities |
| title_full | Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants’ expressive language abilities |
| title_fullStr | Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants’ expressive language abilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants’ expressive language abilities |
| title_short | Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants’ expressive language abilities |
| title_sort | effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants expressive language abilities |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9833548/?tool=EBI |
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