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Examining the Effectiveness of Body Massage on Physical Status of Premature Neonates and Their Mothers' Psychological Status
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Mokaberian, Mansoureh; Noripour, Shamsollah; Sheikh, Mahmoud; Mills, Paul J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Exploring effective interventions to compensate for developmental delay in premature neonates and reduce their mothers' anxiety is of great significance. This research aimed at examining the effects of body massage on Iranian premature neonates' physical and motor development, and on their mother's anxiety and attachment. Forty premature neonates…
Descriptors: Neonates, Premature Infants, Physical Health, Mothers
The Importance of Quality of Care: Effects of Perinatal HIV Infection and Early Institutional Rearing on Preschoolers' Attachment and Indiscriminate Friendliness
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Dobrova-Krol, Natasha A.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Juffer, Femmie – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background: The rearing environment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children is often compromised, putting these children at additional risks. Positive caregiving may ameliorate the impact of adverse circumstances and promote attachment security. The goal of the present study was to examine the attachment relationships of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Development, Child Rearing
Love, Language, and Emergent Literacy
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Zambo, Debby; Hansen, Cory Cooper – Young Children, 2007
How can language and literacy enhance emotional development in the very young (birth to three years)? Although all children begin to understand their world through language and social interaction, literacy differs from culture to culture. It can range from oral stories of personal and cultural relevance to songs of ethnic pride and includes a…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Caregivers, Picture Books
Infant Cardiac Activity: Developmental Changes and Relations with Attachment.
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Izard, Carroll E.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined cardiac activity during the first 13 months of life. Indexes of cardiac activity changed in an orderly way with development. There were intercorrelations among the cardiac measures. Analyses indicated that measures of heart-rate variability were significantly higher in insecure children than in secure children. (BC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior
The Development of Adopted Children after Institutional Care: A Follow-Up Study
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Vorria, Panayiota; Papaligoura, Zaira; Sarafidou, Jasmin; Kopakaki, Maria; Dunn, Judy; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Kontopoulou, Antigoni – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Research suggests that institutional care has long-lasting effects on children. However, no study has longitudinally studied infants in an institution and their subsequent development at age four. Methods: Sixty-one adopted children aged four years who had spent their first two years of life in an institution were compared to 39…
Descriptors: Young Children, Infants, Attachment Behavior, Adoption
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: It's More than Just a Nursery Song.
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Howle, Mary Jeanette – Children Today, 1989
Around the world, the singing of lullabies and reciting of nursery rhymes foster children's development and show parents' love for their infants and young children. (BB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Language Acquisition, Listening Skills
Infant Attachment and Separation: The Foundations for Social/Emotional Growth.
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Orion, Judi – NAMTA Journal, 2002
Traces encounters between mother and child that occur around nursing and feeding, which result in a powerful attachment. Identifies approaching solid foods and subsequent weaning as the place where detachment begins. Discusses locomotion as another way incremental steps toward independence are reached: crawling, walking, and pulling up with hands…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development