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Preschoolers of Dysphoric Mothers
Author(s) -
Lang Claudia,
Field Tiffany,
Pickens Jeffrey,
Martinez Alex,
Bendell Debra,
Yando Regina,
Routh Donald
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01394.x
Subject(s) - dysphoria , psychology , developmental psychology , affect (linguistics) , perception , clinical psychology , anxiety , psychiatry , communication , neuroscience
Dysphoric mothers rated their preschool children as having more internalizing and externalizing behavior problems than children of nondysphoric mothers. Observers rated the dysphoric mothers as having more negative affect during play interactions, although their children's affect was not rated more negatively. The dysphoric mother‐infant dyads were also rated as having a poorer quality interaction. These data suggest that mothers’ chronic dysphoria (75% were chronically dysphoric) has a negative impact on the mothers’ perceptions of their children as well as the mothers’ and children's interaction behavior.