The effect of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on infants' response to the Still Face Task from newborn to three months of age

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-251

  Bigelow, Ann E ^a   Power, Michelle ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Mother infant interaction; Self agency; Skin to skin contact; Social cognitive development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SKIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858282751     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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