Objectives: This study aimed at adapting and examining the applicability of the Teach-Model-Coach-Review model of the enhanced milieu teaching (EMT) approach for improving Iranian mothers’ language strategies while interacting with their toddlers with expressive language delay. Methods: In a single-subject multiple-baseline across-behavior study, the mothers of 3 toddlers with expressive langu...

Little is known about the infant feeding experiences of refugees residing in the UK. To enable successful health promotion for this population, such experiences must be understood. The study aimed to gain an understanding of infant feeding practices among a group of UK-based refugee mothers. Objectives were to explore mothers' perceptions and influences of infant feeding practices, to explore c...

The anti-merozoite surface protein-1 19-kDa IgG (anti-MSP119KD) IgG responses of 33 parasitemic infants, aged 6-14 months, were compared with those of their mothers at the time of the infant's delivery and at the time the infants were sampled; the antimalaria protection associated with these responses was also compared. IgG1 and IgG3 were the predominant subclasses. Infants <300 days old and pr...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether multiple ovulation in mothers of spontaneous dizygotic (DZ) twins is because of higher hypothalamic stimulation or is in response to lower serum levels of ovarian inhibin. DESIGN Serum hormone levels were measured at five times throughout the cycle in a sample of eight mothers of DZ twins and paired controls. On day 12, ovarian ultrasonography was performed. S...

A fundamental task for the auditory system is to process communication sounds according their behavioral significance. In many mammalian species, pup calls became more significant mothers than other conspecific and heterospecific sounds. To study cortical consequences of motherhood on processing sounds, we recorded neuronal responses in primary cortex virgin mother C57BL/6 mice which had simila...

OBJECTIVE To explore heart rate (HR) correlates of attachment behavior in young mothers and their infants to generate specific hypotheses and to provide pilot data on which studies to test those hypotheses might be based. METHOD Using the strange situation procedure, patterns of attachment were assessed in 41 low-income adolescent mothers and their infants. During the procedure, the HRs of th...

EDRS Price VF-S025 NC-SO.40 Descriptors-BEHAVIOR PATTERNS, *INFANCY, INFANTS; MOTHERS, OBSERVATION, OVERT RESPONSE, *PARENT INFLUENCE, *SEX DIFFERENCES, *SPONTANEOUS BEHAVIOR, TOYS The purpose of this study was to determine if sex differences were observable in I-year-olds in response to their mother and in choice and style of play with toys. Thirty-two boys and thirty-two girls were put in sep...