Mother's early perception of her infant's difficult temperament, parenting stress and early mother-infant interaction

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 379-386

  Mäntymaa, Mirjami ^a   Puura, Kaija ^a   Luoma, Ilona ^a   Salmelin, Raili K ^b   Tamminen, Tuula ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mother infant interaction; Parenting stress; Perception; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33750040531     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480600937280     Document Type: Article

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