Maternal sensitivity moderates the impact of prenatal anxiety disorder on infant responses to the still-face procedure

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-462

  Grant, Kerry Ann ^a,b   McMahon, Catherine ^a   Reilly, Nicole ^b   Austin, Marie Paule ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Maternal sensitivity; Pregnancy; Still face procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649817855     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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