Effects of early maternal depression on patterns of infant-mother attachment: a meta-analytic investigation.

By Carla Martins, E. Gaffan. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 2000

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Precursors of attachment security (2018, background): “Martins and Gaffan (2000) conducted a meta-analysis of 7 studies that compared rates of attachment insecurity in samples of mothers with a clinical diagnosis of unipolar depression versus nondepressed controls.”
Caregiver sensitivity, contingent social responsiveness, and secure infant attachment. (2008, background): “…2004) , situations where caregivers’ behavior may not be attuned to child signals (e.g., Lounds, Borkowski, Whitman, Maxwell, & Weed, 2005; Martins & Gaffan, 2000; Nagata et al., 2000) , situations where there are disruptions in caregiver/child interactions (e.g., Irons, Gilbert,…”
Maternal depression and the experience of parenting in the second postnatal year (2006, background): “The nature of the association between the duration of depression, concurrent symptoms, maternal perceptions and the quality of the mother–infant relationship is an important area of future study, especially as infants of depressed mothers have been found to have higher rates of insecure attachment (”
Rethinking the biopsychosocial model of health: Understanding health as a dynamic system (2017, neutral): “Therefore, her postpartum depression and lack of responsiveness toward Brandon, coupled with his inhibited temperament, resulted in an ambivalent/anxious attachment style (Martins & Gaffan, 2000; Sroufe, 2005).”