Reports further analysis of longitudinal records of mother-infant interaction at home during the infant's first year of life. Analysis was designed to clarify the role of maternal affectionate behavior in defining maternal patterns and in discriminating anxious/avoidant mothers from secure mothers and from anxious/resistant mothers. (Author/DB)

Replicates a study reported by Seavy, Katz, and Zalk (1975) in which adults interacted with an infant who was introduced as a boy, a girl, or without specific gender information. Gender labels resulted in highly sex-stereotyped behavior concerning toy choice. (Author/JLF)

The distressed vocalizations of six-month-old infants interacting with peers in a playroom were statistically independent of the peer's vocalizations of distress. Absence of toys reliably predicted the extent of the infant's distress, whereas psychomotor development and sex did not. (Author/ DB)

Describes a program designed to improve child-rearing skills and teach infant development to pregnant teenagers and school-age mothers. Evaluation suggests sensitization of school-age parents to the needs of young children, reasons for infant behavior, and other child-rearing issues. This model could be adapted for all groups of expectant parents.…

Describes certain elements which can affect the fetus and the developing infant. These elements include toxins, lead poisoning, alcohol, smoking, and drugs (both legal and illegal). (Author/DB)

Presents an analysis of the control techniques adopted by the mothers of 15- and 24-month-old children during an eight-minute laboratory play situation. Mothers were requested to take an active role in the interaction by ensuring that the child played with the full range of toys available. (JMB)

Eighty-seven percent of a cohort of 299 low birthweight infants were examined at age 6 2/3 years, together with 111 control children. Primary school problems were related to social grade, early intrauterine insult, sex, postnatal complications, and neurological and developmental status in the infant's first year. Journal Availability: J. B.…

Results of a single Denver Developmental Screening Test performance on 823 infants attending maternal and child health centers were compared with developmental information recorded by public health nurses during routine well baby care of these same infants. Journal Avaliability: J.B. Lippincott Co; E. Washington Sq., Philadelphia, PA 19105.…

The author suggests that most children will get a better start in life when they spend the majority of their waking hours in the care of a parent or other family member, although he cites three conditions which necessitate substitute care. (Author/SJL)

This paper compares the effects of demographic, health, and socioeconomic variables on infant mortality rates in an attempt to identify the sources of racial differences in these rates. (Author/EB)

Father role in infancy was examined through a comparison of the stimulus responses of 27 infants reared by their mothers in single-parent families with the stimulus responses of 28 infants in father-present families. (CM)

Examined toddlers' avoidance of their parents on reunion in day care settings and in laboratory situations. Also investigated the relation of avoidance to social-emotional adjustment and to the length of time in day care. (JMB)

A preliminary report on a study of patterns of child care by drugs addicted mothers stresses indicators of risk to the infants revealed in the mothers' life-styles. (CM)