Anxious parents show higher physiological synchrony with their infants.
Celia G SmithE J H JonesTony CharmanK ClacksonF U MirzaSamuel V WassPublished in: Psychological medicine (2021)
Our findings have implications for understanding the differential processes of physiological co-regulation in partnerships where a partner is anxious, and for the use of this understanding in informing intervention strategies for dyads needing support for elevated levels of anxiety.