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ERIC Number: EJ337928
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Prematurity Stereotyping: Effects on Mother-Infant Interaction.
Stern, Marilyn; Hildebrandt, Katherine A.
Child Development, v57 n2 p308-15 Apr 1986
Demonstrates that a mother's perceptions of and behavior toward an infant can be influenced by knowing whether the infant was born prematurely or full-term. Differences in maternal behavior arising from this knowledge appear to produce differences in the infant's behavior. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Perception, Premature Infants, Responses, Stereotypes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Self Fulfilling Prophecies