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October 3, 2025ChildrenOpen Access

Effects of Maternal Depression and Sensitivity on Infant Emotion Regulation: The Role of Context

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NMNanmathi ManianWestat (United States)SNSandrine NyivihUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County VMVictoria ManzoUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Observational study reveals that maternal sensitivity moderates infant emotion regulation in high and low arousal contexts, suggesting possible intervention avenues.

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Maternal sensitivity moderates the association between maternal depression and infant gaze aversion in the Still-Face Paradigm.
Infants of depressed mothers showed less adaptive emotion regulation strategies, specifically lower gaze aversion during fear tasks.
Clinically depressed mothers demonstrated significantly lower levels of maternal sensitivity compared to their nondepressed counterparts.
Interventions aimed at enhancing maternal sensitivity could effectively improve emotion regulation in infants of depressed mothers.

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Manian et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e0450fa99c246f578b3ded https://doi.org/10.3390/children12101323

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Observational study reveals that maternal sensitivity moderates infant emotion regulation in high and low arousal contexts, suggesting possible intervention avenues.

Effects of Maternal Depression and Sensitivity on Infant Emotion Regulation: The Role of Context

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Effects of Maternal Depression and Sensitivity on Infant Emotion Regulation: The Role of Context

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