EMOTIONAL AVAILABILITY IN MOTHER- XXXX INTERACTION: THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL DEPRESSION IN REMISSION AND ADDITIONAL HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE.

@entity1 @entity308 @entity734
BACKGROUND: The association between maternal @entity308 and adverse outcomes in @entity1 is well established. Similar links have been found for maternal @entity734 . One proposed pathway of risk transmission is reduced maternal emotional availability. Our aim was to investigate whether sensitive parenting is impaired in mothers with @entity308 in remission, and whether among these mothers @entity734 has an additional impact. METHODS: The mother- @entity1 interaction of 188 dyads was assessed during a play situation using the Emotional Availability Scales, which measure the overall affective quality of the interaction: maternal sensitivity, structuring, nonhostility, and nonintrusiveness. Mothers with @entity308 in remission were compared to healthy mothers. @entity1 were between 5 and 12 years old. Group differences and impact of additional @entity734 were analyzed by one-factorial analyses of covariance and planned contrasts. RESULTS: Mothers with @entity308 in remission showed less emotional availability during mother- @entity1 interaction compared to healthy control mothers. Specifically, they were less sensitive and, at trend-level, less structuring and more hostile. Among these mothers, we found an additional effect of severe maternal @entity734 on maternal sensitivity: Mothers with @entity308 in remission and a history of severe @entity734 were less sensitive than remitted mothers without @entity734 . CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that @entity308 impacts on maternal emotional availability during remission, which might represent a trait characteristic of @entity308 . Mothers with @entity308 in remission and additional severe @entity734 were particularly affected. These findings may contribute to the understanding of @entity1 's vulnerability to develop a @entity308 themselves.
