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A comparison of the patterns of mother-baby interaction for a group of crying, irritable babies and a group of more amenable babies.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  870217     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Ten babies aged 9-14 months, with a previous history of excessive crying behaviour and sleeplessness were matched with similar more contented babies. The twenty mother-baby pairs were observed individually in a 30-minute play session to test the hypothesis that prolonged crying behaviour of babies over several months would have an aversive effect on their mothers to the extent that even after this behaviour had ceased the mothers would interact with the babies less and these pairs would be less responsive to each other's overtures than the non-crying mother-baby pairs. Significant differences were seen between the two groups, 'the criers' group of pairs interacting less (P less than 0.01) and were less responsive to their partners (P less than 0.01); the most marked difference being the percentage of overtures made by the 'cryer' babies which were not responded to by their mothers (P = 0.001).
Authors:
C Shaw
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Child: care, health and development     Volume:  3     ISSN:  0305-1862     ISO Abbreviation:  Child Care Health Dev     Publication Date:    1977 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1977-06-30     Completed Date:  1977-06-30     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7602632     Medline TA:  Child Care Health Dev     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1-12     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child Behavior
Crying*
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Mother-Child Relations*
Sleep Disorders
Time Factors

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