Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9318526 | Early Human Development | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Maternal trait anxiety was predictive of “difficult” infant temperament, independent of “concurrent” depression and key sociodemographic and obstetric risk factors. These findings, while needing replication using objective measures of infant temperament, suggest that antenatal psychological interventions aimed at minimising anxiety may optimize infant temperament outcomes. There may be some benefit in shaping specific interventions to women reporting specific risk factors such as DV or past abuse.
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Authors
Marie-Paule Austin, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Leo Leader, Karen Saint, Gordon Parker,