Infant crying and adults' anticipated caregiving responses: Acoustic and contextual influences

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1287-1300

  Wood, Rebecca M ^a   Gustafson, Gwen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CRYING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUDGMENT; MALE; REACTION TIME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035463028     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00348     Document Type: Article

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