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Infants of intrusive and withdrawn mothers

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Jones, NA; Field, T; Fox, NA; Davalos, M; Malphurs, J; Carraway, K; Schanberg, S; Kuhn, C
Published in: Infant Behavior and Development
January 1, 1997

Two styles of mother-infant interactions have been observed in depressed mothers, including an intrusive style (overstimulating behavior) and a withdrawn style (understimulating behavior). To examine how these styles affect infants, we assessed 87 infants and their mothers, who had been assigned to "intrusive" or "withdrawn" profiles, based on their face-to-face interactive behaviors with their 3-month-old infants. Behavioral assessments were made at 3, 6, and 12 months. The results indicated that infants of withdrawn mothers showed less optimal interactive behavior, greater relative right frontal EEG asymmetry (due to decreased left frontal EEG activation and increased right frontal EEG activation), and lower Bayley Mental Scale scores at 1 year. Infants of intrusive mothers had higher catecholamine and dopamine levels, and their EEG patterns showed greater relative left frontal EEG asymmetry (due to increased left frontal EEG activation and decreased right frontal EEG activation). © 1997 ABLEX Publishing Corporation.

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Infant Behavior and Development

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0163-6383

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

20

Issue

2

Start / End Page

175 / 186

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Jones, N. A., Field, T., Fox, N. A., Davalos, M., Malphurs, J., Carraway, K., … Kuhn, C. (1997). Infants of intrusive and withdrawn mothers. Infant Behavior and Development, 20(2), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90020-5
Jones, N. A., T. Field, N. A. Fox, M. Davalos, J. Malphurs, K. Carraway, S. Schanberg, and C. Kuhn. “Infants of intrusive and withdrawn mothers.” Infant Behavior and Development 20, no. 2 (January 1, 1997): 175–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90020-5.
Jones NA, Field T, Fox NA, Davalos M, Malphurs J, Carraway K, et al. Infants of intrusive and withdrawn mothers. Infant Behavior and Development. 1997 Jan 1;20(2):175–86.
Jones, N. A., et al. “Infants of intrusive and withdrawn mothers.” Infant Behavior and Development, vol. 20, no. 2, Jan. 1997, pp. 175–86. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90020-5.
Jones NA, Field T, Fox NA, Davalos M, Malphurs J, Carraway K, Schanberg S, Kuhn C. Infants of intrusive and withdrawn mothers. Infant Behavior and Development. 1997 Jan 1;20(2):175–186.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infant Behavior and Development

DOI

ISSN

0163-6383

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

20

Issue

2

Start / End Page

175 / 186

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences