Effects of Maternal Depression and Sensitivity on Infant Emotion Regulation: The Role of Context
These findings underscore the interplay between maternal clinical depression and sensitivity in affecting infant ER. Maternal sensitivity acts as a crucial buffer against the adverse effects of maternal depression on infant ER. The results also indicate that infant emotion regulation varies in different contexts of low and high arousal. Interventions that target maternal sensitivity could significantly improve emotion regulation in infants of depressed mothers.
Authors
- Marc H. Bornstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-8427)
- Nanmathi Manian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9798-2925)
- Sandrine Nyivih
- Victoria Manzo
- Ibilola Adewunmi
Institutions
- United Nations Children's Fund (US)
- Westat (United States) (US)
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (GB)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)
- United Nations Children's Fund India (IN)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children12101323
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00