Infant stress reactivity and home cultural ecology of Italian infants and families

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-268

  Axia, Vanna D ^a   Weisner, Thomas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecocultural context; Infancy; Maternal soothing; Pain reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036428902     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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