Associations between marital conflict and infant emotion regulation exist, but explanatory pathways have not been explored. For older children, parental behavior partially mediates this association through a "spillover" process. We test: associations between mothers' and fathers' verbally aggressive marital conflict, infant temperament, and infant withdrawal; mediating effects of negative mater...

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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of parental visits during neonatal intensive care on the behavioral and emotional development of the child at school age. DESIGN All premature infants born in Tampere University Hospital in Tampere, Finland, in 1989 who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit and who lived in the Tampere region (N = 67; 31 boys and 36 girls) formed the study group...

Adults across cultures speak to infants in a specific infant-directed manner. We asked whether infants use this manner of speech (infant- or adult-directed) to guide their subsequent visual preferences for social partners. We found that 5-month-old infants encode an individuals' use of infant-directed speech and adult-directed speech, and use this information to guide their subsequent visual pr...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of mother-infant early skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding behavior of infants. STUDY DESIGN A randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, from November to December 2009. METHODOLOGY Eligible mothers were assessed for the successful ...

An introductory word may be said about the background of our research program. The Clinic of Child Development started on a small scale back in 1911, as part of the New Haven Dispensary. It then functioned as a diagnostic and advisory dinic, dealing chiefly with backward and problem children of school age. But we soon developed a research interest in children of preschool age and considered the...

Background: The social milieu provides the context for the organism’s survival, endurance, and adaptation. In mammals, social participation originates within the parent-infant bond and is supported by the oxytocin (OT) system, whose functioning is transmitted from parent to child through patterns of parental care. Human studies indicate that OT administration increases affiliative behavior, inc...

The admission of children to hospital for minor medical problems is frequently influenced by family and social circumstances. This study compared the infant care practices of families of children admitted to hospital for gastroenteritis (n = 76) and families caring for children with gastroenteritis at home (n = 76). Mothers of children who were admitted to hospital were more likely to use medic...

Background  The aim of this study was determine the effect of kangaroo mother care (KMC) immediately after delivery on mother-infant attachment 3-month after delivery. Materials and Methods: In this RCT study, 72 mother-infant pairs were randomly divided in to kangaroo mother care and routine care groups.The intervention group received kangaroo mother care (KMC) in the first two hours post birt...

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Maternal and Infant Health Care (hereinafter referred to as the Law on Maternal and Infant Health Care). Article 2Institutions engaged in maternal and infant health care services within the territory of the People's Republic of China and their staff shall observe t...