Promoting Responsiveness between Mothers with Depressive Symptoms and Their Infants

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Authors

June Andrews Horowitz · Boston College

Margaret Bell · New England Research (United States)

JoAnn Trybulski · MGH Institute of Health Professions

Barbara Hazard Munro · Boston College

Deborah Moser · Northern Essex Community College

Shelley A. Hartz · Deaconess Hospital

Lisa McCordic

Abstract

The study showed that a coaching strategy had a positive effect on maternal-infant interaction in this sample. Future research is needed to test coaching interventions in conjunction with other strategies targeted to promote maternal-infant responsiveness and to reduce PPDS.

Topics & Keywords

Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volume 33, Issue 4, pp. 323-329

DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2001.00323.x

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