Perinatal depression influences on infant negative affectivity: Timing, severity, and co-morbid anxiety

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 739-751

  Rouse, Matthew H ^a,b   Goodman, Sherryl H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILD MIND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Infants; Negative affectivity; Perinatal; Temperament

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TEMPERAMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910071990     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 19348800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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