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Coll, Cynthia Garcia; And Others – 1977
This article contains a review of recent research on the: (1) effects of immediate post partum mother infant contact; (2) effects of early separation of parents and babies in neonatal intensive care; and (3) facilitation of reciprocal interaction between mothers and their infants in neonatal intensive care. A brief description of a study that…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Hospitalized Children, Intervention, Neonates
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Scholz, Kim; Samuels, Curtis A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Examined the effect on father-infant relationships of a parent training program on infant massage and bathing. Infants in the treatment group greeted fathers with more eye contact, smiles, vocalizing, reaching, and orienting responses and showed less avoidance behavior than did control group infants. Fathers in the treatment group showed greater…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
Herbert, M.; And Others – Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1982
Critically reviews the concept of "bonding," exploring its empirical basis and the implications that follow from its application in practice. Among the conclusions reached are that there is a tendency to oversimplify attachment phenomena and that the notion of a sensitive period for attachment has no direct empirical support. (RH)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Clinical Diagnosis, Criteria
Britt, Gena Covell; Myers, Barbara J. – 1993
Research on the effectiveness of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) in enhancing the mother-newborn relationship has had inconsistent results. A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of an NBAS intervention with a high-risk mother group. The study focused on low-income, drug-using mothers, measuring the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales
Provence, Sally, Ed. – Zero to Three: Bulletin of the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, 1982
Five issues of the bulletin "Zero To Three" are collected here. The first issue features a discussion by T. Berry Brazelton of assessment as a method for enhancing infant development. The second excerpts materials from Stanley I. Greenspan's book "Psychopathology and Adaptation in Infancy and Early Childhood." The excerpt…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Bulletins, Child Abuse
Waldstein, Arnold, Ed.; And Others – 1982
This collection of articles evolved from papers presented and issues discussed at a workshop entitled "The Health Care/Education Relationship: Services for Infants with Special Needs and Their Families," held in March, 1981, for members of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) network. During that workshop, staff…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development Specialists, Communication Skills, Consultation Programs
Klaus, Marshall H., Ed.; Robertson, Martha Oschrin, Ed. – 1982
Provided are summaries of conference presentations discussing aspects of birth, parent/child interaction, and attachment behavior. Material in part I explores perspectives on pregnancy and the perinatal period. Included are discussions of birth in nonindustrial societies, progress in the study of maternal behavior in animals, the physiological…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Animal Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Birth