Journal of Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology
Online ISSN : 2189-7980
Print ISSN : 1345-2894
ISSN-L : 1345-2894
The impact of postnatal depression on mother-infant interactions at four months postpartum
Tadaharu OKANOKatsuno ONOZAWAMire RYIMelanie D GUNNINGLynne MURRAY
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2002 Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 172-179

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The impact of postnatal depression on mother-infant face-to-face interactions at 4 months by using the Global Rating of Mother-Infant Interaction at Four Months, was examined among the normal women and women with postnatal depression and their infants. The average total score of the "mothers" and "infants" in depressed mothers and infants were decreased compared to these of health control mothers and infants. Compared with controls, depressive mother-child pairs showed a reduced score of responses (e. g. mothers showed significantly less warm/positive, accepting, responsive, non-demanding, non-intrusive behavior to their children, children showed significantly less non-fretful). Infants of the mother with postnatal depression showed less nonfretful. Similar tendency were also seen in the term of "interaction" of depressive mothers and infants (e. g. interaction is less smooth/easy and less mutually satisfying). Disturbances in early mother-infant interactions were found between the Japanese mother with postnatal depression and infant's relationship.
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© 2002 Japanese Soiety of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology
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