Infant social withdrawal with parents and strangers-The role of parental sensitivity and depression.

Maja Rudling, Anne Christine Stuart, Johanne Smith-Nielsen, Ida Egmose, Katrine Røhder, Mette Skovgaard Væver

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Article in The British journal of developmental psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Maja RudlingCentre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3811-5471

Anne Christine StuartCentre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3829-9995

Johanne Smith-NielsenCentre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ida EgmoseCentre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Katrine RøhderCentre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mette Skovgaard VæverCentre of Excellence in Early Intervention and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Danish Foundation TrygFonden

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Abstract

Infant social withdrawal is an early indicator of infant distress linked to adverse socio-emotional development. We hypothesized that parental sensitivity moderates an association between parental depression (PPD) and infant social withdrawal. We examined these associations cross-sectionally in 471 families in which mothers screened positive for PPD, assessing infant social withdrawal (mean infant age 3.6 months) during interactions with mothers, fathers/co-parents and a stranger. No significant association was found between parental PPD symptom severity and infant social withdrawal in interaction with either the parents or the stranger. Instead, parental sensitivity was negatively associated with infant social withdrawal in mother-infant interactions and less consistently in father/co-parent-infant interactions, though not in interactions with the stranger. Thus, in families at risk for PPD, infant withdrawal may be more closely related to parental sensitivity than parental depressive symptoms. Moreover, the influence of parental sensitivity on infant social withdrawal may not extend beyond parent-infant interactions.

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Child of Impaired ParentsDepression, PostpartumInfant BehaviorMother-Child RelationsParent-Child RelationsAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInfantMaleADBBCIBEPDSinfant social withdrawalparental sensitivitypostpartum depression

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PMID42223128

DOI10.1111/bjdp.70054

PMCPMC13648309

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