Models for Reactive and Chronic Depression in Infancy.

Field, Tiffany

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ERIC Number: EJ349762

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Publication Date: 1986

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Models for Reactive and Chronic Depression in Infancy.

Field, Tiffany

New Directions for Child Development, n34 p47-60 Win 1986

Presents studies on primates and human infants suggesting that maternal depression may predispose the infant to chronic depression. Findings also suggest that the effect of early separations from the mother may provide a model for reactive depression in the infant. (Author/BB)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Animal Behavior, Behavior Change, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Infant Behavior, Literature Reviews, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Primates, Psychophysiology, Separation Anxiety

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Language: English

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