Effects of early maternal depression on patterns of infant-mother attachment: A meta-analytic investigation

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 737-746

  Martins, Carla ^a,b   Gaffan, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Depression; Infancy; Meta analysis; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; DISSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; SOCIAL SECURITY;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 0033806583     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099005958     Document Type: Article

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