Infant pain regulation as an early indicator of childhood temperament

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 313-318

  Stevens, Sara A ^a   Racine, Nicole ^a   Riddell, Rebecca Pillai ^a,b,c   Horton, Rachel ^a   Garfield, Hartley ^b,c   Greenberg, Saul ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Infant; Reactivity; Regulation; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD TEMPERAMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED BEHAVIOR PAIN SCALE; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TEMPERAMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARENTS;

EID: 84881661891     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/285914     Document Type: Article

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