16 - Processing Affect 2

Question 1

What is postpartum depression? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 1

A disorder, generally diagnosed with depression, with onset of the first year of child birth

Question 2

What is PDD often referred to as? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 2

Atypical caregiving practice

Question 3

What did Taafe et al (2006) find relates to PDD? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 3

• Wrong water temperature
• Wrong sleeping position
• Length of breast feeding

Question 4

What did Field (2010) find in relation to PDD? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 4

• Less vocal/visual communication
• Less enrichment activities
• Mothers oscillate between over/under stimulation

Question 5

What outcomes occurred on the child as a result of PDD mothers? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 5

• More distress
• Less active
• Attempts to sooth the mother

Question 6

How do mothers with PDD not fit the human nest concept? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 6

They tend to be more self-focused and hold bias on interpretation

Question 7

What did Albow et al (2011) find? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 7

• Activation of ventral striatum should occur when own infant cries
• Non-PDD = pathway activated
• PDD = no change in ventral striatum activity

Question 8

What is the main trait of PDD? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 8

• Intergenerational

- PDD mothers hold negative views about their own mothers

Question 9

What did Granat et al (2017) find? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 9

• Gaze synchrony is significantly lower than control, PDD and anxiety group
• Touch synchrony was almost identical across all groups other than PDD (sig. lower)

Question 10

What is latency in synchrony? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 10

A break in synchrony takes longer to repair (PDD mothers) than in an anxiety or control group

Question 11

In terms of gaze, what do PDD mothers engage in? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 11

Short, more frequent gazes (1 to 2 seconds)

Question 12

What was found with infants from PDD mothers in the still face paradigm? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 12

• Less interactive at baseline and reunion

- Less distress and more self controlling behaviours

Question 13

What are the long term consequences of PDD on the infant? (Affect 2 Developmental)

Answer 13

• Increase in amygdala volumes
• Increase in cortisol secretion
• Expression of more negative comments