Mothers' frontal EEG asymmetry in response to infant emotion states and mother–infant emotional availability, emotional experience, and internalizing symptoms

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Killeen ◽  
Douglas M. Teti
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Emotional Availability ◽  
Maternal Anxiety ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Emotional Displays ◽  
Frontal Activity ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Emotion Cues

AbstractThis study examined the links between mothers' frontal EEG asymmetry at rest and during videos of their 5- to 8-month-old infants expressing three emotion states (joy, anger/distress, and neutral interest), mother–infant emotional availability (EA) in the home, mothers' depressive and anxious symptoms, and mothers' emotional experience in response to infant emotion cues. Greater relative right frontal activity at rest was associated with greater maternal anxiety, but was unrelated to EA or mother-reported emotional experience in response to infant emotion cues. A shift toward greater relative right frontal activation in response to infant emotional stimuli was associated with lower maternal anxiety, greater mother–infant EA, and mothers' experience of sadness, concern, irritability, and the absence of joy in response to seeing their own infant in distress. These findings suggest that mothers' in the moment empathetic responding to their infant's emotions, indexed by a shift in frontal EEG asymmetry in response to infant emotional displays, is related to mother–infant EA in the home. Implications for conceptualizing parenting risk are discussed.

Variation in serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) short/long genotype modulates resting frontal electroencephalography asymmetries in children

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios I. Christou ◽  
Satoshi Endo ◽  
Yvonne Wallis ◽  
Hayley Bair ◽  
Maurice P. Zeegers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Serotonin Transporter ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Negative Affectivity ◽  
Polymorphic Region ◽  
Positive Affectivity ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Short Allele ◽  
Frontal Activity ◽  
Related Line

AbstractPrevious studies have documented the serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) as a genetic susceptibility variant that contributes to variability in outcomes related to affective psychopathology, with the short allele associated with negative affectivity and the long allele associated with positive affectivity. In a separate but related line of research, extensive evidence suggests that frontal electroencephalography (EEG) hemispheric asymmetry in the alpha band is also associated with risk for affective psychopathologies, with leftward asymmetry associated with approach-related behavior patterns and rightward frontal EEG asymmetry associated with withdrawn behavioral tendencies. We examined frontal EEG hemispheric asymmetries in relation to 5-HTTLPR genotyping in 70 children between 4 and 6 years of age. Analyses revealed that frontal EEG lateralization interacted with genotype such that children homozygous for the short allele exhibited rightward frontal EEG asymmetries, children who were homozygous for the long allele consistently exhibited a positive pattern of leftward asymmetry, and heterozygotes exhibited equivalent left and right frontal activity. These findings suggest that the 5-HTTLPR short allele may provide a degree of susceptibility for later affective psychopathology in adolescence and adulthood, through mediation of frontal brain activity that is associated with cognitive–behavioral withdrawal tendencies and negative affectivity.

scholarly journals Frontal EEG asymmetry in infants observing separation and comforting events: The role of infants’ attachment relationship

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 100941
Author(s):  
Szilvia Biro ◽  
Mikko J. Peltola ◽  
Rens Huffmeijer ◽  
Lenneke R.A. Alink ◽  
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Attachment Relationship

Feelings of Guilt and Fantasies in Life Experiences of Brazilian Parents Due to Death of their Newborn: A Clinical-qualitative Study Conducted at a University Hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S616-S616
Author(s):  
L. Rodrigues ◽  
J.V. Freitas-de-Jesus ◽  
G. Lavorato-Neto ◽  
D.D. Lima ◽  
E.R. Turato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Cultural Pattern ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Relationship

IntroductionThe relationship between parents and children is a complex link. In the process of pregnancy-birth-puerperium, frequent feelings such as responsibility, love, fear, uncertainty, generate strong expectations at birth. The death of a newborn may not be perceived as natural by the parents, considering the local culture and the context of great technological development of neonatology.ObjectiveTo explore possible guilt and fantasies in life experiences of parents during mourning process due to death of their newborn.MethodClinical-qualitative design, a particularization of qualitative methods here applied in clinical assistance settings with highlight to psychological aspects. Data collection with the technique of semi-directed interview with open-ended questions, in-depth. Sample intentionally constructed, with closure by theoretical saturation of information. The participants were 7 parents, mourning by the death of their child at the neonatal intensive care unit, in a university hospital of Campinas, São Paulo State.ResultsFeelings of guilt - conscious or not - lead to an internal and particular movement so that mourning can be lived. The participants showed certain embarrassment, accompanied by natural suffering facing to the cultural pattern that permeates the emotional experience. It predicts types of psychological meanings that the experience will give to the person.ConclusionHealth professionals working with bereaved parents should consider more deeply the moment these one experienced, with emphasis on the details of the death scenery, beside the problems of illness and death properly so called.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Infant frontal EEG asymmetry in relation with postnatal maternal depression and parenting behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e1057-e1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
D J Wen ◽  
N N Soe ◽  
L W Sim ◽  
S Sanmugam ◽  
K Kwek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Parenting Behavior ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry

Resting frontal EEG asymmetry in adolescents with major depression: Impact of disease state and comorbid anxiety disorder

2018 ◽  
Vol 129 (12) ◽  
pp. 2577-2585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Feldmann ◽  
Charlotte E. Piechaczek ◽  
Barbara D. Grünewald ◽  
Verena Pehl ◽  
Jürgen Bartling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Disease State ◽  
Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Eeg Asymmetry ◽  
Comorbid Anxiety

Maternal prenatal anxiety and child brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genotype: Effects on internalizing symptoms from 4 to 15 years of age

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (4pt2) ◽  
pp. 1255-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieran J. O'Donnell ◽  
Vivette Glover ◽  
Joanna D. Holbrook ◽  
Thomas G. O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Maternal Anxiety ◽  
Individual Vulnerability ◽  
Prenatal Anxiety ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Gene Environment ◽  
Strengths And Difficulties ◽  
Anxiety Depression

AbstractMultiple behavioral and health outcomes, including internalizing symptoms, may be predicted from prenatal maternal anxiety, depression, or stress. However, not all children are affected, and those that are can be affected in different ways. Here we test the hypothesis that the effects of prenatal anxiety are moderated by genetic variation in the child's brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene, using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children population cohort. Internalizing symptoms were assessed from 4 to 13 years of age using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (n = 8,584); a clinical interview with the adolescents was conducted at age 15 years (n = 4,704). Obstetric and psychosocial risk and postnatal maternal symptoms were included as covariates. Results show that prenatal maternal anxiety predicted internalizing symptoms, including with the diagnostic assessment at 15 years. There was a main effect of two BDNF polymorphisms (rs6265 [val66met] and rs11030104) on internalizing symptoms up to age 13. There was also genetic moderation of the prenatal anxiety effect by different BDNF polymorphisms (rs11030121 and rs7124442), although significant effects were limited to preadolescence. The findings suggest a role for BDNF gene–environment interactions in individual vulnerability to the effects of prenatal anxiety on child internalizing symptoms.

scholarly journals Personalized Models of Internalizing Symptoms for Women with Social Anxiety Disorder and Depression

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Piccirillo ◽  
Thomas Rodebaugh
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Depressive Episodes

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) constitutes an important risk factor for major depressive disorder (MDD) and women are at greater risk for both disorders and their comorbidity. Despite much research examining risk factors for MDD specifically, there is limited research evaluating how individuals with SAD transition into depressive episodes. Clinical and theoretical evidence suggests that each individual may exhibit a unique personalized pattern of risk factors. These idiographic patterns may contradict group-level findings. In this study, women (N = 35) with SAD and a current or past major depressive episode completed ecological sampling of their mood and emotional experience five times a day for a month via a smartphone application. These data were analyzed using idiographic analyses to construct individual-level models of each woman’s mood. A multilevel model was constructed to determine risk factors for group-level intra-daily sadness (i.e., depressed mood). Some group-level relationships were consistent with previous research; however, most women’s models demonstrated few, and differing, risk factors for intra-daily sadness. We also examined the spread of individual-level estimates taken from group and idiographic models to determine the extent to which multilevel models can estimate individual-level effects. Implications for integrating results from idiographic methodology into existing theoretical models of psychopathology and clinical practice are discussed.

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