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Weatherill, Robin P.; Almerigi, Jason B.; Levendosky, Alytia A.; Bogat, G. Anne; Von Eye, Alexander; Harris, Lauren Julius – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
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 Chateau, Holmberg, & Winberg, 1978). No studies, however, have used diagnostic criteria to assess the mother's psychological state. The…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship