Association between maternal depression and maternal sensitivity from birth to 12 months: a meta-analysis.
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; 20(6): 578-599, 2018 12.
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ABSTRACT
Maternal sensitivity plays a central role in shaping children's development across a number of domains, and may be disrupted by depression. The current meta-analysis quantified the magnitude of the association between depression and maternal sensitivity, defined broadly as timely, contingent, and appropriate responding to infants' cues, from birth to 12 months. Across k = 48 studies and n = 4,934 mother-infant dyads, the aggregate effect size between depression and maternal sensitivity was r = -.16, p < .0001, indicating that mothers with higher depression levels were less sensitive than mothers with lower depression levels. Studies that compared a depressed group with a nondepressed/control group had larger effect sizes (r = -.35, p < .0001) than studies that examined depression within a single sample of either unselected cases or clinical-only cases (r = -.11, p < .001), suggesting that clinical levels of depression may pose a particular threat to sensitive parenting. Clinical implications (e.g. screening, prevention) are discussed.
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Assunto principal:
Desenvolvimento Infantil
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Depressão
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Metacognição
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Mães
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Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article