Investigates the vocal interaction of ten British working-class women and their children (average age of 11.4 months). (MP)

This report summarizes preliminary results from a behavioral study of 13 male infants who were ascertained to have an XX Y sex chromosome complement at birth and who are being followed longitudinally through early ontogenesis. (CM)

Twenty matched mother-infant dyads were studied one, two, and three months after expected date of birth. Full-term infants were more active than pre-terms at four weeks, and their interactions were related to maternal experiences. Mothers of pre-terms showed differences in their interactions at all times. Degree of neonatal illness was correlated…

Comparison of poor Australian-born and immigrant mothers revealed a significantly higher rate of depression among recently arrived, non-English-speaking immigrant mothers having no supporting social network. Depressed Australian-born mothers often had unhappy, unstable, and insecure childhoods. Behavioral problems in infants and preschool children…

Both risk groups experienced marked difficulty with the proximal feedback and distal contingency tasks. With proximal feedback, 6-month-old CNS-related risk and non-CNS-related risk groups failed to learn to control the contingency, whereas at 12 months all groups learned. The distal feedback task also differentiated between the normal and…

A total population screening of children born from 1962 to 1976 who lived in the Gothenberg region at the end of 1980 was carried out to obtain prevalence figures for infantile autism and other childhood psychoses. Prevalence was found to be approximately two per 10,000; boys were more affected by infantile autism than were girls. (RH)

Examines the relationship between maternal depression and child behavior problems at various stages after childbirth. A random sample of first-time mothers from an inner London borough participated, and an examination of possible confounding factors in the relationships was attempted. (RH)

Examines the effects of an extra five minutes of interaction on the psychomotor and mental development of Iranian infant orphans largely deprived of opportunities to interact with caretakers and peers. Daily intervention continued for six weeks; effects were assessed after a 6-month interval. (RH)

Emotional responses and coping behavior in children (eight boys and eight girls in each of three age groups: 6 to 12 months, 18 to 36 months, and 42 to 60 months) were observed during pediatric examinations. Results showed the effect of age and time period (before, during, or following the examination) on children's levels of negative emotion. (MP)

Two major determinants of successful parent/infant interaction models (the infant's integrative competence and the initial forms of parenting) are analyzed, with particular attention being given to preterm infants and the biological roots of parenting. (MP)

Interrelated conceptual and methodological suggestions for the future study of mother/infant interaction as a form of communication are given. (MP)

Seven mother/newborn pairs, selected for neurological and obstetric optimality of the babies, were observed during two breastfeedings in order to gain insight into the temporal organization of early interaction between healthy babies and their mothers. (MP)

The influence of 10 days of maternal separation on behavior and physiology was studied in monkey infants. Individual variability in behavioral and physiological response was marked and showed only minimal correlation with measures of early behavioral development and early mother-infant interaction. Implications for understanding pathophysiology of…

Mothers of 25 Down's syndrome infants completed a questionnaire in order to identify the infants' temperamental characteristics. Only two infants were found to be easy children--a finding which contrasts with the amiable,mild stereotype for the syndrome. Mothers' verbal ratings of the child were more positive than their questionnaire responses…

Triadic interactions between mother, preschool-age first-born, and 14-month-old second-born siblings were studied in 40 families as part of a longitudinal study using home observations. Interaction between mother and second-born exerted an important influence on the behavior of the first-born. (Author/RH)