Foster Mother-Infant Bonding: Associations Between Foster Mothers' Oxytocin Production, Electrophysiological Brain Activity, Feelings of Commitment, and Caregiving Quality

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 826-840

  Bick, Johanna ^a   Dozier, Mary ^b   Bernard, Kristin ^b   Grasso, Damion ^c   Simons, Robert ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84877327959     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12008     Document Type: Article

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