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Effects of Infant Cries on Alcohol Consumption in College Males at Risk for Child Abuse.
Stasiewicz, Paul R.; Lisman, Stephen A. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1989
The study with 32 male college students supported previous studies depicting the infant cry as a stressful and aversive event, capable of eliciting increased drinking. Subjects who heard an infant cry consumed significantly more alcohol and reported feeling more aversion, arousal, and distress than subjects who listened to a smoke alarm.…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Child Abuse, College Students, Crying
Behavioral Features of Early Reactivity: Antecedents and Consequences.
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Lewis, Michael; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1989
Reports a study of 110 newborn infants' responses to the heelstick procedure to draw blood samples, and of the responses of 40 of those infants to their first inoculations at two months of age. Discusses measures of distress; stability of reactivity across time; and individual differences and health of the infant as factors in reactivity. (NH)
Descriptors: Crying, Facial Expressions, Health, Individual Differences
Differential Effects of Sucrose, Fructose, Glucose, and Lactose on Crying in 1- to 3-Day-Old Human Infants: Qualitative and Quantitative Considerations.
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Blass, Elliott M.; Smith, Barbara A. – Developmental Psychology, 1992
The potency of different sugars as calming agents in human infants was investigated in 2 experiments with 40 infants. Sucrose and fructose were equally effective calming agents, whereas glucose was less effective. Results indicate that the calming effects of milk lie in components other than its sugar. (LB)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Crying, Experimental Psychology
Perceptual Responses to Infant Crying after EEG Biofeedback Assisted Stress Management Training: Implications for Physical Child Abuse.
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Tyson, Paul D.; Sobschak, Karen B. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This study, involving 15 nonparental female clients, found that the perceived anxiety and arousal elicited by infant crying were significantly diminished after stress management training. Anxiety measures were strongly correlated with both perceived arousal and the clients' evaluation of infant crying. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Biofeedback, Child Abuse, Crying
Gender Differences in Physiological Reactivity to Infant Cries and Smiles in Military Families.
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Brewster, Albert L.; Nelson, John P.; McCanne, Thomas R.; Lucas, D. R.; Milner, Joel S. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
Twenty male and 29 female active-duty Air Force personnel viewed and listened to videotapes of a crying infant and a smiling infant while heart rate, skin resistance, and respiration rate were monitored. Males showed a larger increase in skin conductance and heart rate than females during the crying infant stimulus. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Abuse, Crying, Emotional Response
Crying. Caring for the Little Ones.
Miller, Karen; Lang, Alyssa – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Two articles discuss problems that infant caregivers deal with in their work place. The first article provides ideas on how to take care of and pacify a crying baby; the second discusses the experience of a caregiver in a group child-care situation which involved her own child, noting the transition from infant room to toddler room. (AA)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Crying, Day Care