Infant interest in their mother's face is associated with maternal psychological health

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 686-693

  Jones, Rebecca ^a   Slade, Pauline ^a   Pascalis, Olivier ^b   Herbert, Jane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Infant; Learning; Maternal wellbeing; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT MOTHER FACE INTEREST; INJURY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL THRESHOLD; WELLBEING;

ANXIETY; INFANT; LEARNING; MATERNAL WELLBEING; POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 84882932455     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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