1 Shared Pleasure in early mother-infant interactions: A study in a high-risk South African sample Author details Anusha Lachman, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University. Email: anusha@sun.ac.za, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7593-2916 Dana JH Niehaus, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University. Email: djhn@sun.ac.za, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9696-5605 Esme R Jordaan(), Biostatistics unit, South African Medical Research Council, Parow, South Africa and Statistics and Population Studies, University of the Western Cape. Email: Esme.Jordaan@mrc.ac.za ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3473 Jukka Leppanen, Child Psychiatry, Tampere University, Finland. Email: jukka.leppanen@uti.fi ORCID ID: Kaija Puura, Child Psychiatry, Tampere University, Finland. Email: Kaija.Puura@pshp.fi ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6707-7975 Corresponding author Anusha Lachman Department of Psychiatry, Tygerberg Campus, Stellenbosch University Francie van Zyl Drive, Cape Town, 7550 anusha@sun.ac.za Word count 6646 This is the accepted manuscript of the article, which has been published in Early child development and care. Published online: 12 May 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2019.1613651