Parental concordance for psychopathology during pregnancy and the impact on infant behavior

Abstract

Results show that infants of mothers with MDD and fathers with SAD received significantly higher scores on Distress to Limitations (p=.047), Duration of Orienting (p=.009), Smiling and Laughter (p=.010), High Pleasure (p=.012), Sadness (p=.048), Approach (p=.007), and Vocal Reactivity (p<.0001), and significantly lower scores on Falling Reactivity (p=.004) than infants of mothers and fathers without the respective disorders.