Parent-infant interactions during acute painful procedures

Despite the current recognition of infant procedural pain and distress, there is a dearth of research, both in the assessment and treatment literature, of infant procedural distress. This study examined how specific parent behaviors relate to infant procedural distress and whether this relation is mediated by birth order. Results indicated that females were rated as more distressed than were males, and that birth order did not prove to be a distinguishing factor in infant distress. Finally, while some behaviors appear to have a similar influence on both preschoolers' and infants' behaviors, parents' behavior during infants' distressing procedures were found to be dissimilar to those of parents' behavior during preschoolers' distressing procedures.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2001

Author dc:creator

• McClellan, Catherine Bradford

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lindsey L. Cohen.
• Christina D. Adams
• Cynthia Anderson

• Clinical psychology
• Social psychology

Identifier

https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/715

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:researchrepository.wvu.edu:etd-1718