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ERIC Number: EJ539867
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Prenatal Maternal Reactivity to Infant Cries Predicts Postnatal Perceptions of Infant Temperament and Marriage Appraisal.
Pedersen, Frank A.; And Others
Child Development, v67 n5 p2541-52 Oct 1996
Examined cardiac response and ratings of subjective aversiveness to recordings of unfamiliar infant cries in 60 primiparous women at 32 weeks' gestation. Mothers who prenatally rated the crying recordings as more aversive postnatally described their infants as more fussy and unpredictable. Women who showed greater cardiac acceleration to the cries described their postnatal marital relationships more negatively. (MDM)
Descriptors: Crying, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior, Infants, Marital Satisfaction, Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Predictor Variables, Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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