Maternal stress and depression and the lateralisation of infant cradling

Reissland, Nadja and Hopkins, Brian and Helms, Peter and Williams, Bob (2009) Maternal stress and depression and the lateralisation of infant cradling. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50 (3). pp. 263-269. ISSN 0021-9630

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Abstract

Studies show that 65-85% of mothers cradle their infants to the left side of their body, but that this bias changes with maternal mood and stress. The present study examines the hypothesis that maternal stress and depression status will influence the cradling bias differentially.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Uncontrolled Keywords:

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Subjects:

?? adultbraindepression, postpartumfemalefunctional lateralityhumansinfantmalemothersposturequestionnairesrisk factorssleepstress, psychologicalpediatrics, perinatology, and child healthpsychiatry and mental healthdevelopmental and educational psychology ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Psychology

ID Code:

70043

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

21 Jul 2014 11:40

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

15 Jul 2024 14:42

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/70043