Response to Infant Cry in Clinically Depressed and Non-Depressed Mothers.

Bowlby and Ainsworth hypothesized that maternal responsiveness is displayed in the context of infant distress. Depressed mothers are less responsive to infant distress vocalizations (cry) than non-depressed mothers. The present study focuses on acoustical components of infant cry that give rise to r...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Esposito, Nanmathi Manian, Anna Truzzi, Marc H Bornstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5207505?pdf=render