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Mother-Infant Synchrony during Infant Feeding
MOTHER-INFANT SYNCHRONY DURING INFANT FEEDING By Barbara A. Reyna, PhD A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2010. Major Director: Rita H. Pickler, PhD Endowed …
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Infant-father attachment: Infant and father antecedents
… has been done examining the antecedents of infant-mother attachment, far less research has explored the antecedents of infant-father attachment. This study examines paternal and infant antecedents of infant-father attachment in the first year. One-hundred-twenty infant-father dyads …
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'Luring the infant into life' : exploring infant mortality and infant-feeding in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
… child care is about sustaining the life of an infant. This paper explores the different ways that the state (represented through the National Department of Health) and mothers imagine themselves to be sustaining infant life. It further explores the complexities that arise when the state, …
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Parenting Beliefs During the Infant Year: Effects on Infant Growth
Rapid infant weight gain (RIWG) has been established as an infant predictor of adult diseases such as, coronary artery disease, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes type two. RIWG is well established in the literature with several key contributing factors, including infant feeding modality, …
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Novel Computational Infant Musculoskeletal Model for Biomechanical Analysis of Infant Movement
… used to represent fully developed adults, while infant musculoskeletal models are nonexistent. This study aims to develop a novel computational infant musculoskeletal model for biomechanical analysis of infant movement. For this study, 31 reflective markers were placed on an infant, and …
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Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Cues: The Effects of Learning Infant Massage
… study is to determine if the participation in an infant massage class would improve a first mother’s ability to recognize her infant’s communication cues. A quasi-experimental research design was utilized. A convenience sample of first time mothers aged 20 to 45 years with infants aged 2 to 6 …
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The Role of Infant Locomotor Onset in Shaping Mother-Infant Communication
This study examines the relation between infant locomotor onset and emotional communication during prohibition scenes. Forty-one infants were videotaped at home with their mothers when the infants were 6 and 8 months of age. At 6 months all infants were pre-locomotor. At 8 months 23 infants were …
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Infant Mortality in Zambia
… attached to the study and understanding of infant mortality for any country cannot be overestimated. Infant mortality rate is a sensitive index of socio-economic conditions of a population. It is an excellent indicator of the level and quality of the health delivery system and other …
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Infant Mortality in Zambia
… attached to the study and understanding of infant mortality for any country cannot be overestimated. Infant mortality rate is a sensitive index of socio-economic conditions of a population. It is an excellent indicator of the level and quality of the health delivery system and other …
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Associations Between Maternal Maltreatment-Specific Shame, Maternal-Infant Interactions, And Infant Emotion Regulation
… maltreatment might influence parenting and infant emotion regulation. Shame is a common reaction to childhood maltreatment, and the persistence of maltreatment-specific shame is associated with psychopathology and other psychosocial problems long after the abuse ends (Andrews, Brewin, Rose, …
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Development of in vitro infant intestinal models to assess responses to infant formulae
… and validate in vitro models that mimic the infant intestinal barrier. Once developed, these models were employed to study epithelial responses to digested human milk and infant formulae (IF). The central hypothesis was that physiologically relevant, infant-like epithelial models would better …
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Supporting fathering through infant massage
… to create positive relationships with their infants. Infant massage appears to be a viable option for teaching fathers care-giving sensitivity. To build on the notion of teaching fathers attachment system behaviour in early infancy, a quasi-experimental, mixed methods study was employed. …
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Race differences in infant mortality
… and death certificates, this study examines infant mortality in Illinois among the 1985-1988 white and African American live birth cohorts. The primary focus is on race differences in the effects of maternal age, education, marital status, and prenatal care on the probability of an infant …
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Real-time mother–infant bio-behavioral synchrony and infant socioemotional functioning over the first year
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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The role of infant sleep in the relationship between cumulative risk and infant social-emotional development
… risk on the social-emotional functioning of infants. Additionally, this study examined sleep as a potential protective factor, which may promote healthier social-emotional outcomes despite risk. A sample of 325 caregiver-infant dyads completed established developmental, behavioral, and …
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Developmental Origins of Infant Emotion Regulation: Mediating and Moderating Effects of Infant Temperament and Maternal Sensitivity
… study examined perinatal factors that impact infant emotion regulation (ER) development. Prenatal depression, generalized anxiety, pregnancy-specific anxiety (PSA), and diurnal cortisol levels were assessed in 256 pregnant women in early and late pregnancy. Infant temperamental negativity was …
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Effects of a learned helplessness task and infant temperament on mothers' responsivity to infant cry sounds
… as a function of the perception of her own infants' temperament and exposure to varying degrees of control over infant crying was explored. Seventysix mothers were classified as having a difficult or easy infant based upon ratings of their infant on the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire. …
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