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

• Main Authors: Esposito, Gianluca, Manian, Nanmathi, Truzzi, Anna, Bornstein, Marc H.
• Other Authors: Dekel, Sharon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Postpartum Depression; Infant crying
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84821; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42014; https://doi.org/10.21979/N9/IU0UOB
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: 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 gi...