Maternal Sensitivity and Communication Styles: Mothers with Depression

Autor/inn/en	Hwa-Froelich, Deborah A.; Loveland Cook, Cynthia A.; Flick, Louise H.
Titel	Maternal Sensitivity and Communication Styles: Mothers with Depression
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Intervention, 31 (2008) 1, S.44-66 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8151
DOI	10.1177/1053815108324754
Schlagwörter	Speech Acts; Poverty; Mothers; Developmental Delays; Depression (Psychology); Parent Child Relationship; At Risk Persons; Cognitive Development; Social Development; Interpersonal Communication; African Americans; Whites; Verbal Communication; Psychological Patterns; Affective Behavior; Comparative Analysis; Nonverbal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprechakt; Armut; Mother; Mutter; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Risikogruppe; Kognitive Entwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Afroamerikaner; White; Weißer; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation
Abstract	Women living in poverty are at increased risk for depression, especially during their childbearing years. Whereas poverty has known adverse effects on children's cognitive, social, and communication development, maternal depression may place these children at additional risk of developmental delays. The maternal sensitivity of mothers with and without depression and its relationship to maternal-child communicative patterns was investigated. We analyzed cross-sectional data on a sample of 23 African American and Caucasian mother-child dyads (13 with and 10 without depression) living in poverty, drawn from a prospective cohort study. Maternal depression was identified using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule-IV based on diagnostic criteria from the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (4th ed.). Language samples of maternal-child interaction were analyzed using measures of maternal sensitivity, speech acts, and mother-child interchanges. Significant differences in maternal sensitivity, as well as different patterns of relationships between sensitive and communicative behaviors, were found between the groups. Early childhood professionals need to be aware of the effects maternal depression has on communicative interactions and children's development. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10