Mother infant interaction

In humans, studies of hormone and behavior interactions affecting maternal behavior have been limited to correlations between endogenous hormones and a variety of behavioral events normally associated with childbirth. Individual differences, of largely unknown origins, have a major impact on human parental behavior. In addition, child rearing experience is a powerful positive determinant of maternal responsivity, and the social environment, including the presence of supportive companions, can affect subsequent mother-infant interactions (Sosa, et al., 1980). 

Sosa, R., Kennell, J., Klaus, M., Robertson, S., and Urrutia, J. 1980. The effect of a supportive companion on perinatal problems, length of labor, and mother-infant interaction. New England Journal of Medicine 303 597-600. 

Training for fine motor test Immunophenotyping Clinical pathology Mother-infant interaction Body weight External examination... 

Golub MS, Sassenrath EN, Chapman LE (1981) Mother-infant interaction in rhesus monkeys treated clinically with delta-9-tetrahy-drocannabinol. Child Dev 52 389-392... 

Ridener Gottwald, S. and Thurman, S.K. (1994) The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on mother-infant interaction and arousal in the newborn period. Topics in Early Childhood Special... 

Schuler, M., Nair, P., Black, M.M. and Kettinger, L. (2000) Mother-infant Interaction effects of a home intervention and ongoing maternal drug use. Journal of Clinical Child Psycholo 29, 3, 424-431. 

Sander LW, Stechler G, Bums P, Julia H. Early mother-infant interaction and 24—hour patterns of activity and sleep. J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 1970 9 103-123. 

Mother-infant interaction Video recording and analysis... 

A comprehensive test battery for behavioral and functional development is available for the cynomolgus monkey infant (Table 18.5). Many of these tests use the Brazleton-based human neonatal behavioral assessment scale, and the tests have been modified and adopted for use in NHP [34,35], For mother-infant interaction, a video recording is evaluated quantitatively using a special computer program. Mother-infant pairs are videotaped in a home cage situation at 3 to 4 months of age. The tapes are scored for separations and reunions of the mother and infant, as well as which party initiates the separation/reunion and the reaction of the other party [36],... 

Ukeje I, Bendersky M, Lewis M. Mother-infant interaction at 12 months in prenatally cocaine-exposed children. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 2001 27(2) 203-24. 

O Connor MJ, Sigman M, Kasari C. 1993. Interactional model for the association among maternal alcohol use, mother-infant interaction, and infant cognitive development. Infant Behav Dev 16 177-192. 

NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute). 2002. Framingham Heart Study. SO Years of Research Success. Online. Available at http //www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/framingham/index.html. Accessed July 1,2002. O Connor MJ, Sigman M, Kasari C. 1993. Interactional model for the association among maternal alcohol use, mother-infant interaction, and infant cognitive development. Inf Behav Dev 16 177-192. 

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