Maternal emotional availability and perinatal depressive symptoms as predictors of early childhood executive function.

Josephine PowerStuart WatsonWai ChenAndrew J LewisMarinus H van IJzendoornMegan Galbally

Published in: Journal of affective disorders (2024)

This study is a significant step in understanding the profound influence of maternal emotional availability in infancy on child executive function development, offering new avenues for research and, if replicated, a foundation for innovative intervention approaches.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
birth weight
randomized controlled trial
pregnancy outcomes
weight gain
pregnant women
mental health
intellectual disability
social support
body mass index