Maternal confidence in China: Association with infant neurobehaviors but not sociodemographic variables

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 452-459

  Kek, Khee Loo ^a   Zhu, Honglin ^b   Yin, Qiongying ^b   Luo, Hong ^b   Min, Lihua ^b   Tyler, Rachelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brazelton NBAS; Culture; Infants; Mothers; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFLEX; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHINA; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGY; REFLEX;

EID: 33646730469     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsi080     Document Type: Article

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