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Maternal Adjustment and Infant Outcome in Medically Defined High-Risk Pregnancy.
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Levy-Shiff, Rachel; Lerman, Maya; Har-Even, Dov; Hod, Moshe – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Explored relation of biological and psychosocial risk factors to infant development among pregnant women who had pregestational diabetes, gestational diabetes, or were nondiabetic. Found that infants of diabetic mothers scored lower on the Bayley Scales at 1 year and revealed fewer positive and more negative behaviors than infants of nondiabetic…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Coping, Diabetes
Cognitive Appraisals, Coping Strategies, and Support Resources as Correlates of Parenting and Infant Development.
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Levy-Shiff, Rachel; Dimitrovosky, Lilly; Shulman, Shmuel; Har-Even, Dov – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Assessed coping and stress of primiparous mothers between 7 months of pregnancy and 12 months postpartum; maternal behavior between 1 and 12 months postpartum; and infant development at 12 months. Found that measures of mothers' coping and cognitive appraisals of parenting showed systematic variations over time, and individual differences among…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Coping, Foreign Countries
Transition to Parenthood in Adoptive Families.
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Levy-Shiff, Rachel; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Compared the transitions to adoptive and biological parenthood. Adoptive parents had more positive expectations and satisfying experiences than biological parents. Expectations and depressive mood predicted parental experiences for both groups; ego strength for biological parents; and feelings of deprivation, social support, and self-concept for…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Biological Parents, Childlessness