Hush Now Baby: Mothers' and Fathers' Strategies for Soothing Their Infants and Associated Parenting Outcomes

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-155

  Dayton, Carolyn Joy ^a,b   Walsh, Tova B ^c   Oh, Wonjung ^d   Volling, Brenda ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Father; Infancy; Parenting; Soothing

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRYING; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP;

CRYING; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; SLEEP;

EID: 84922824328     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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