Sadness in mothers’ ‘baby-talk’ predicts affective disorder in adolescent offspring

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Murray, L., Marwick, H. and Arteche, A. (2010) Sadness in mothers’ ‘baby-talk’ predicts affective disorder in adolescent offspring. Infant Behavior and Development, 33 (3). pp. 361-364. ISSN 0163-6383 doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.03.009

Abstract/Summary

‘Baby-talk’ is common across cultures. It underpins infant vocal preferences, and helps regulate infant engagement. Its longer-term significance is unclear. In a longitudinal study, we found indications of ‘sadness’ in postnatally depressed mothers’ baby-talk statistically mediated effects of maternal depression on offspring adolescent affective disorder.

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Item Type Article
URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/18209
Identification Number/DOI 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.03.009
Refereed Yes
Divisions Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Winnicott
Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Development
Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience
Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Clinical Language Sciences
Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords Speech; Postnatal depression; Baby-talk; Parentese; Affective disorder; Depression
Publisher Elsevier
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