Development of Attentional Biases for Affective Cues in Infants of Mothers With Depression
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6+
SponsorBinghamton University
About this trial
The goal of this study is to examine attentional biases for facial displays of emotion as a mechanism of risk in infants of mothers with postpartum major depression, and the potential role of infant arousal in the development of these attentional biases.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
The high-risk group (n = 150) will consist of women with at least one episode of MDD since their baby's birth.
To qualify for the low-risk group (n = 75), women cannot have a history of any depressive disorder or any current psychiatric diagnoses.
Infants will be required to be singleton children born full-term (> 37 weeks) and normal weight (> 2,500 grams) with no birth complications or health problems to avoid medical complications contributing to infants' attention, reactivity, and regulation measures.
The two groups will be matched on demographic factors (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, income).
Disqualifiers
Additional exclusion criteria are diagnoses of alcohol or substance use disorders currently or at any point during pregnancy, or lifetime history of bipolar or psychotic disorders.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Passive Viewing Task
- Interaction Task
Treatment groups
225 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Binghamton University
Lead sponsor
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov