Interactive regulation of affect in postpartum depressed mothers and their infants: An overview

Psychopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 272-280

  Reck, Corinna ^a,e   Hunt, Aoife ^a   Fuchs, Thomas ^a   Weiss, Robert ^a   Noon, Andrea ^b   Moehler, Eva ^a   Downing, George ^c   Tronick, Edward Z ^d   Mundt, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Family Counseling Center   (Germany)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interactive repair; Mother child interaction; Postpartum depression; Regulation of affect; Still face paradigm

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX ROLE;

AGGRESSION; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 10844279742     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081983     Document Type: Review

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