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Clark, Roseanne; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Assessed association between length of maternity leave and quality of mother-infant interaction. Found a direct association between shorter leave and more negative affect and behavior; mothers with more depressive symptoms or who perceived their infant as having a difficult temperament, and with shorter leaves expressed less positive affect,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Employed Parents, Family Work Relationship, Infants