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Maternal depression: relations with maternal caregiving representations and emotional availability during the preschool years.
Attach Hum Dev. 2008 Mar; 10(1):73-90.AH

Abstract

This longitudinal study aimed to determine whether maternal depression was related to caregiving behavior and further whether this relationship was mediated and/or moderated by maternal caregiving representations. Ninety-two mothers were assessed for symptoms of depression when their children were 4, 12, and 15 months, and later at 4 years of age. At 4 years of age, mothers' caregiving representations of their child and their relationship were examined using the Parent Development Interview (PDI), and aspects of maternal behaviors were rated during mother-child play interactions using the Emotional Availability Scales (EA). The experience of chronic maternal depression was related to lower levels of maternal sensitivity, and this association was mediated by mothers' impaired capacity to take their child's perspective. The link between depression and lower maternal sensitivity was also moderated by perspective taking, indicating that poor perspective taking had a negative impact on sensitivity only for chronically depressed mothers. In conclusion, the current study demonstrated that mothers' representational models are affected by cognitive distortions associated with depression, and these distortions interfere with a mother's capacity to interact sensitively with her child.

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Authors+Show Affiliations

Trapolini T
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Ungerer JA
No affiliation info available
McMahon CA
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultChild DevelopmentChild of Impaired ParentsChild, PreschoolDepressionDepressive DisorderEmpathyFemaleHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMaleMaternal BehaviorMiddle AgedMother-Child RelationsObject Attachment

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18351495

Citation

Trapolini, Tania, et al. "Maternal Depression: Relations With Maternal Caregiving Representations and Emotional Availability During the Preschool Years." Attachment & Human Development, vol. 10, no. 1, 2008, pp. 73-90.
Trapolini T, Ungerer JA, McMahon CA. Maternal depression: relations with maternal caregiving representations and emotional availability during the preschool years. Attach Hum Dev. 2008;10(1):73-90.
Trapolini, T., Ungerer, J. A., & McMahon, C. A. (2008). Maternal depression: relations with maternal caregiving representations and emotional availability during the preschool years. Attachment & Human Development, 10(1), 73-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730801900712
Trapolini T, Ungerer JA, McMahon CA. Maternal Depression: Relations With Maternal Caregiving Representations and Emotional Availability During the Preschool Years. Attach Hum Dev. 2008;10(1):73-90. PubMed PMID: 18351495.
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