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Effect of Maternal Soothing on Infant Stress Response.
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Lewis, Michael; Ramsay, Douglas S. – Child Development, 1999
Examined the effect of maternal soothing to infant inoculation as well as everyday distress on infant cortisol and behavioral responses to stress in two samples of infants between 2 and 6 months of age. Found no evidence that maternal soothing reduced cortisol or behavioral-stress responses, despite evidence for cross-time stability and…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Infant Behavior, Infant Care, Infants
The Effects of Infant Child Care on Infant-Mother Attachment Security: Results of the NICHD [National Institute of Child Health and Human Development] Study of Early Child Care.
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NICHD Early Child Care Research Network – Child Development, 1997
Examined validity of Strange Situation attachment classifications for infants with and without extensive child-care experience and the association of early child-care experience with attachment security. Found that infants were less likely to be secure when low maternal sensitivity was combined with poor quality child care, more than minimal…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Effects, Infant Behavior
Sleep/Wake States of Preterm Infants: Stability, Developmental Change, Diurnal Variation, and Relation with Caregiving Activity.
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Ingersoll, Evan W.; Thoman, Evelyn B. – Child Development, 1999
Used time-lapse video to record sleep/wake states of preterm infants for three 24-hour periods at 33 and 35 weeks conceptional age. Found that very-low-birthweight preterm infants showed marked stability and developmental change in the organization of sleep/wake states from a very early age, and their states were related to demographic variables…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Weight, Individual Development, Individual Differences