On Rearing Infants

The Mutual Influences between Depressed Macaca fascicularis Mothers and Their Infants

OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of infant rearing on the behavior of depressed adult female Macaca fascicularis and the influence of depressed infant-rearing adult female Macaca fascicularis on their infants in a free enclosure environment. METHODS Here, 20 depressed subjects and then 20 healthy subjects were randomly selected from a total population of 1007 adult female Macaca fascicularis...

Effects of Hand-rearing on the Reproductive Success of Western Lowland Gorillas in North America

This study sought to assess the potential effects of hand-rearing by evaluating the relationships among rearing type and reproductive success in the American Zoo and Aquarium Association’s Species Survival Plan for western lowland gorillas. Our study included data on 697 gorillas: 257 wild-born (WB) and 440 born at zoos or related facilities in North America. We found no significant differences...

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The present study investigated whether facial expressions modulate visual attention in 7month-old infants. First, infants’ looking duration to individually presented fearful, happy, and novel facial expressions was compared to looking duration to a control stimulus (scrambled face). The face with a novel expression was included to examine the hypothesis that the earlier findings of greater allo...

Outcome of Pneumonia Associated with Traditional Child Rearing Practices in Infants

Promoting factors of physical and mental development in early infancy: a comparison of preterm delivery/low birth weight infants and term infants.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess correlations between various factors and the physical and mental development of 4-month-old infants using a multi-faceted evaluation approach. METHODS A total of 1,402 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to consenting mothers of infants who had undergone a 4-month health checkup in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. The questionnaires incl...

Support from Advisors on Child Rearing for Alleviating Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese Women

BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence suggests that social support is an important factor with regard to maternal psychological distress. The associations between the contextual factors in terms of social support and the risk of maternal psychological distress have not been adequately studied in Japan. The objective of this study was to examine the association of the presence of advisors on child re...