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Coping with Aversive Stimulation in the Neonatal Period: Quiet Sleep and Plasma Cortisol Levels during Recovery from Circumcision.
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Gunnar, Megan R.; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Determines the time course of circulating cortisol following circumcision in 80 healthy newborns and investigates whether changes in behavioral state following circumcision in anyway paralleled the adrenocortical time course. Adrenocortical and behavioral data indicated that subjects were able to cope with circumcision trauma. Cortisol levels…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Coping, Males
Obstetrical Pain-relieving Drugs as Predictors of Infant Behavior Variability
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Aleksandrowicz, Malca K.; Aleksandrowicz, Dov R. – Child Development, 1974
A study of the relationship between pain-relieving drugs given to mothers during labor and delivery and neonatal behavior as assessed by the Brazelton Scales. Tested 44 infants on eight different days during their first month of life. (SDH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Individual Development, Infant Behavior
Experimenting with the Family in the Newborn Period: A Commentary.
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Worobey, John; Brazelton, T. Berry – Child Development, 1986
Responds to Belsky's critique of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale and suggests explanations for the disparity in results when using the Scale as an intervention device with new families. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Family Life Education, Interpersonal Competence
Reliable Individual Differences in Preterm Infants' Excitation Management.
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Korner, Anneliese F. – Child Development, 1996
Determined whether individual neonate characteristics could be detected and reliably measured in preterm infants. Results showed that preterms were highly self-consistent in their reactions to stimuli from neurobehavioral assessments. Highly reliable individual differences among infants were also seen. Individual consistencies and differences in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Psychology, Emotional Response