A randomized, controlled trial of a behavioral intervention to reduce crying among infants

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-322

  McRury, Jonna M ^a   Zolotor, Adam J ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Crying; Infant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PACIFIER; PARENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SUCKING; VIDEOTAPE; WHITE NOISE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CRYING; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77952207367     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.03.090142     Document Type: Article

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