Maternal anxiety, mother-infant interactions, and infants' response to challenge

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-148

  Kaitz, Marsha ^a   Maytal, Hilla Rubin ^a   Devor, Noa ^a   Bergman, Liat ^a   Mankuta, David ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotion regulation; Maternal behavior; Mother infant interactions

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PANIC; PLAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEACHING;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949912395     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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