Dynamics of Emotion Regulation in Infants of Clinically Depressed and Nondepressed Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Manian, Nanmathi; Bornstein, Marc H.
Titel	Dynamics of Emotion Regulation in Infants of Clinically Depressed and Nondepressed Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50 (2009) 11, S.1410-1418 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02166.x
Schlagwörter	Intervals; Mothers; Clinical Diagnosis; Infants; Depression (Psychology); Parent Child Relationship; Behavior Patterns; Emotional Response; Behavior Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Emotionales Verhalten
Abstract	Background: Emotion regulation (ER) has been conceptualized as an ongoing process of the individual's emotion patterns in relation to moment-to-moment contextual demands. In contrast to traditional approaches of descriptively quantizing ER, we employed a dynamic approach to ER by examining key transitions in infants of clinically depressed and nondepressed mothers in the context of maternal still-face (SF). Methods: Mothers with (n = 48) and without a clinical diagnosis of depression (n = 68) were seen in a modified SF paradigm with their 5-month-olds. Infant states and self-soothing behaviors were coded in 1-sec time intervals. Results: Infants of nondepressed mothers used attentional regulatory strategies, whereas infants of depressed mothers used internally directed strategies of self-soothing to reduce negativity and maintain engagement with mother. Conclusions: This study advances our understanding of processes underlying infant ER and points to possible mechanisms for the development of long-term maladaptive ER strategies in infants of depressed mothers. (As Provided).
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