Journal article
MATERNAL SELF‐REPORTED DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND MATERNAL CORTISOL LEVELS INTERACT TO PREDICT INFANT CORTISOL LEVELS
Abstract
Three basic findings have emerged from research on maternal depressive symptoms and offspring hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal functioning: (a) Mothers' depressive symptoms are positively associated with their offsprings' cortisol stress response, (b) numerous individual and interpersonal maternal characteristics moderate this association, and (c) maternal and infant cortisol levels are highly correlated. In combination, these findings have …
Authors
Khoury JE; Gonzalez A; Levitan R; Masellis M; Basile V; Atkinson L
Journal
Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 125–139
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 2016
DOI
10.1002/imhj.21554
ISSN
0163-9641