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Information and Support Needs of Parents with Premature Infants: An Integrative Review
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Davis-Strauss, Susan L.; Johnson, Ensa; Lubbe, Welma – Journal of Early Intervention, 2021
International research, while mostly conducted in high-income countries, repeatedly states that parents of premature infants have increased needs and require additional information and varied support channels after the infant's initial discharge from hospital. However, the perceived self-reported needs of parents concerned with the caregiving of…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Parents, Needs, Child Rearing
The Association between Use of Infant Parenting Books That Promote Strict Routines, and Maternal Depression, Self-Efficacy, and Parenting Confidence
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Harries, V.; Brown, A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The transition to motherhood can be challenging. The baby book market has taken advantage of this, publishing a range of books that suggest adopting strict routines for infant sleep, feeding, and general care. Despite their multi-million sales, their impact has not been established. The aim of this study was to explore the maternal experience of…
Descriptors: Parent Materials, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Mothers
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Developmental Milestones and Movement: Results from the Gemini Cohort Study
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Smith, Lee; van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H. M.; Llewellyn, Clare H.; Fildes, Alison; López Sánchez, Guillermo Felipe; Wardle, Jane; Fisher, Abigail – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017
Purpose: Variability in the timing of infant developmental milestones is poorly understood. We used a twin analysis to estimate genetic and environmental influences on motor development and activity levels in infancy. Method: Data were from the Gemini Study, a twin birth cohort of 2,402 families with twins born in the United Kingdom in 2007.…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Child Development, Twins
The Effects of Emergent Literacy: A Twenty-Eight Day Infant Reading Study
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Danielle F. Lowe – ProQuest LLC, 2016
American parents and policymakers are failing to acknowledge the significant links between early childhood literacy and academic success. This experimental study investigated the effects of daily reading with 150 infants between the ages of 14 to 28 months throughout a 28-day period. Participants from all economic, demographic, and ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Emergent Literacy, Academic Achievement
Mind-Mindedness in Parents of Looked-After Children
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Fishburn, Sarah; Meins, Elizabeth; Greenhow, Sarah; Jones, Christine; Hackett, Simon; Biehal, Nina; Baldwin, Helen; Cusworth, Linda; Wade, Jim – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The studies reported here aimed to test the proposal that mind-mindedness is a quality of personal relationships by assessing mind-mindedness in caregiver-child dyads in which the relationship has not spanned the child's life or in which the relationship has been judged dysfunctional. Studies 1 and 2 investigated differences in mind-mindedness…
Descriptors: Parents, Caregiver Child Relationship, Adoption, Comparative Analysis
The Anatomy of Riddance
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Reeves, Christopher – Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 2006
This paper considers the meaning, reference and clinical relevance of Winnicott's concept of "riddance". Taking its starting point from the infant's behaviour in letting go the spatula, as described in his paper, "The observation of infants in a set situation", it explores his explanation of riddance activity in the context of…
Descriptors: Children, Anatomy, Psychotherapy, Child Behavior