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Infants watched videos depicting a woman providing comfort or ignoring a crying infant; infants’ time looking at the test events was coded continuously. Mothers reported on their depressive symptoms, and mothers and fathers reported on their infant’s temperament, including negative emotionality. Infants, on average, looked longer at ignore versus comfort events, indicating they were surprised when the caregiver did not respond to the crying infant and expected the caregiver to engage in comforting behavior. Path analyses revealed that higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms were associated with less expectations of comforting behavior, especially for infants with low to moderate negative emotionality, and the magnitude of these associations did not differ across the 6-, 9-, and 12-month time points. The findings indicate that maternal mental health and infant temperament may jointly shape infants’ caregiving expectations. 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Infants watched videos depicting a woman providing comfort or ignoring a crying infant; infants’ time looking at the test events was coded continuously. Mothers reported on their depressive symptoms, and mothers and fathers reported on their infant’s temperament, including negative emotionality. Infants, on average, looked longer at ignore versus comfort events, indicating they were surprised when the caregiver did not respond to the crying infant and expected the caregiver to engage in comforting behavior. Path analyses revealed that higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms were associated with less expectations of comforting behavior, especially for infants with low to moderate negative emotionality, and the magnitude of these associations did not differ across the 6-, 9-, and 12-month time points. The findings indicate that maternal mental health and infant temperament may jointly shape infants’ caregiving expectations. 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