Abstract
Facial expressions were examined in 84 3-month-old infants of mothers classified as depressed, nondepressed, or low scoring on the Beck Depression Inventory. Mother-infant dyads were videotaped during a 3-min face-to-face play interaction, and the videotapes were coded by using the AFFEX facial expression coding system. Infants of both depressed and low-scoring mothers showed significantly more sadness and anger expressions and fewer interest expressions than infants of nondepressed mothers.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 986-988 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Developmental psychology |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1993 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Demography
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Life-span and Life-course Studies