Affective facial expression in sub-clinically depressed and non-depressed mothers during contingent and non-contingent face-to-face interactions with their infants Article Swipe

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Hanne Cecilie Braarud , Siv Skotheim , Kjartan Høie , Maria Wik Markhus , Marian Kjellevold , Ingvild Eide Graff , Jan Øystein Berle , Kjell Morten Stormark ·

YOU? · · 2017 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.05.004 · OA: W2617380936

The results indicate that sub-clinically level depressive symptoms influence the mothers' affective facial expression during early face-to-face interaction with their infants. One of the clinical implications is to consider even sub-clinical depressive symptoms as a risk factor for mother-infant relationship disturbances.