OBJECTIVE To examine whether a supportive nursing intervention that promoted kangaroo holding of healthy preterm infants by their mothers during the early weeks of the infant's life facilitated coregulation between mother and infant at 6 months of age. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-five mother/infant dyads with mean gestational age at birth of 33 weeks. Fifty percen...

Background & aim: Aggression is a phenomenon that causes irreversible damage to a community. Psychodynamic theory suggests that aggression is rooted in early relationships with family members, especially mother. According to this theory, infant-mother relationship is a major predictor of an individual’s behavior from childhood to adulthood. This study aimed to investigate the correlation betwee...

Mother-infant bonding is universal to all mammalian species. In this review, we describe the manner in which reciprocal communication between the mother and infant leads to mother-infant bonding in rodents. In rats and mice, mother-infant bond formation is reinforced by various social stimuli, such as tactile stimuli and ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) from the pups to the mother, and feeding a...

BACKGROUND Significant resources are used for acute illnesses in children. Identifying predictors of resource use can focus interventions to reduce this use. OBJECTIVE To determine the relative effects of maternal, infant, social milieu, and demographic characteristics, the mother-child interaction, and perception of illness severity on the use of resources during acute illnesses in children....

1.Mother and baby enter room. 2.Mother sits quietly on a chair, responding if the infant seeks attention. 3.A stranger enters, talks to the mother then gradually approaches infant with a toy. The mother leaves the room. 4.The stranger leaves the infant playing unless he/she is inactive and then tries to interest the infant in toys. If the infant becomes distressed this episode is ended. 5.Mothe...

BACKGROUND Postnatal depression has detrimental effects on the child's cognitive and emotional development. AIMS To assess the benefits of treating postnatal depression for mother-infant interaction and child development. METHOD A systematic search was made of 12 electronic bibliographic databases for randomised controlled trials and controlled clinical trials on treatment of mothers with p...

Speech communication problems in two year olds are often thought to originate from previous deviant mother-infant interaction, especially when physical or mental causes for the problems are absent. This study attempts to find a basis for this idea. Split-screen monthly video-recordings of two normal mother-girl pairs were made in naturalistic home settings. Their vocal and behavioural developme...

BACKGROUND Poor clinician-rated parenting outcome and observed interactive deficits in mothers with schizophrenia admitted to a psychiatric mother and baby unit (MBU) reflect continuing concerns over the parenting capacity of this group. However, little is known about whether interaction deficits are accounted for by severity of illness or adverse social circumstances typically experienced by t...