Maternal stress and behavior modulate relationships between neonatal stress, attention, and basal cortisol at 8 months in preterm infants

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-164

  Mai, Thanh Tu ^a,b   Grunau, Ruth E ^a,b   Petrie Thomas, Julie ^a   Haley, David W ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a,b   Whitfield, Michael F ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infant attention; Maternal behaviors; Maternal stress; Pain; Premature birth; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEONATAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY;

ATTENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947534851     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20204     Document Type: Article

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