TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Is maternal depression related to side of infant holding?
JO  - International journal of behavioral development
A1  - Harris, Lauren Julius
A1  - von Eye, Alexander
A1  - Bogat, G. Anne
A1  - Levendosky, Alytia A.
A1  - Almerigi, Jason B.
A1  - Weatherill, Robin P.
SP  - 421
EP  - 427
VL  - 28
IS  - 5
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0165-0254
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650250444000117
ID  - ref1
ER  -