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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Depressed Mothers' Speech to Their Infants and its Relation to Infant Gender and Cognitive Development
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 34, No. 7, Year 1993
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Abstract— The speech of depressed and well mothers during play with their infants at two months was compared on dimensions of structure and semantics. No differences between maternal groups were found on measures of complexity and syntax. However, the speech of depressed women expressed more negative affect, was less focused on infant experience, and tended to show less acknowledgement of infant agency. Speech style of depressed women also varied according to infant gender. Regression analyses indicated that the quality of maternal communication with the infant, and particularly the focus of speech, mediated the association between depression and infant cognitive development in the first 18 months. Copyright © 1993, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Murray, Lynne
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Kempton, Claire
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Woolgar, Matt
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Hooper, Richard L.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Statistics
Citations: 343
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb01775.x
ISSN:
00219630
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health
Participants Gender
Female