@article{ref1,
title="Is maternal depression related to side of infant holding?",
journal="International journal of behavioral development",
year="2004",
author="Harris, Lauren Julius and von Eye, Alexander and Bogat, G. Anne and Levendosky, Alytia A. and Almerigi, Jason B. and Weatherill, Robin P.",
volume="28",
number="5",
pages="421-427",
abstract="Studies show that 65–85% of mothers hold their infants on the left side of their own body and that this left-bias may be reduced or reversed when mothers have symptoms similar to depression or dysphoria (de Château, Holmberg, & Winberg, 1978). No studies, however, have used diagnostic criteria to assess the mother’s psychological state. The current study examined the relationship between maternal report of depressive symptoms on the Beck Depression Inventory and holding-side bias in a high-risk sample of 177 mothers participating with their infants in a larger longitudinal study of mother–infant relationships and domestic violence. Mothers classified as nondepressed showed a significant left-bias; those classified as depressed showed a nonsignificant right-bias; mothers who reported experiencing domestic violence also showed a reduced left-bias. The results are interpreted in terms of current theory and research on lateralised hemispheric activation and depression.<p />",
language="",
issn="0165-0254",
doi="10.1080/01650250444000117",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650250444000117"
}