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Winborne, Duvon G.; Randolph, Suzanne M. – 1991
This study examined the interaction between infant behavior and maternal ethnocentric attitudes and expectations. The ethnomethodological approach used in this study was guided by the assumption that it is essential for an investigator to consider the broad cultural context in which behavior is studied. The behavior of 80 African-American neonates…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Blacks, Cognitive Development, Cultural Awareness
Coll, Cynthia Garcia; And Others – 1989
Findings from three studies that used a laboratory procedure to assess individual differences in various dimensions of infant temperament in relation to later Brazelton scores are presented. Participants included 59 healthy, full-term and sick, preterm infants. The sick, preterm infants included infants who developed respiratory or neurological…
Descriptors: High Risk Persons, Infant Behavior, Measures (Individuals), Neonates
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Coll, Cynthia Garcia; And Others – 1977
The performances of three groups of neonates on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale were compared to determine if cultural differences exist. Subjects were 90 full term, healthy infants; 30 born in Puerto Rico, 30 black and 30 white born in Florida who were administered the scale within the first two days of life. Eight summary…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavioral Science Research, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies
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Yang, Raymond K.; Halverson, Charles F., Jr. – Child Development, 1976
To test the inversion of intensity interpretation based on negative relations between newborn and pre-school intensity behaviors, 106 normal children were examined at the neonatal and pre-school periods. Interpretations of intensity behaviors at both periods and their longitudinal relations are discussed. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Heart Rate, Infant Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 2002
This pamphlet, distributed by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services, is designed to provide parents with information and advice about their infants in the first month of life. The pamphlet provides information on ways the mother can take care of herself, the one-month checkup, early brain development, infant…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Health, Child Safety, Infant Behavior
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This pamphlet, distributed by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services, is designed to provide parents with information and advice about their infants in the first month of life. The pamphlet provides information on ways the mother can take care of herself, the one-month checkup, early brain development, infant…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Health, Child Safety, Infant Behavior
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Als, Heidelise – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1978
Describes the conceptual model of newborn organization underlying the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Argues that while the NBAS allows for the identification of an individual's behavioral repertoire, attempts to synthesize the resulting data have been plagued with difficulties. Briefly outlines an alternative model for…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cluster Grouping, Conceptual Schemes, Infant Behavior
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Kaye, Kenneth – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1978
Utilizes experimental results to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale as an instrument for measuring individual (rather than group) differences among infants and notes how these differences contribute to parent-infant interaction. (BH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Sparks, Shirley N.; Gushurst, Colette – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 1995
The effect of prenatal cocaine exposure on gaze of neonates and recovery of gaze of 2-month old infants (n=11) was studied. Compared to nonexposed controls, cocaine-exposed neonates had shorter gaze, and 2-month-old exposed infants had longer gaze. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Cocaine, Congenital Impairments, Drug Abuse, Eye Contact
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Loo, Kek Khee; Ohgi, Shohei; Howard, Judy; Tyler, Rachelle; Hirose, Taiko – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors examined the relationship between newborn neurobehavioral profiles and the characteristics of early mother-infant interaction in Nagasaki, Japan. The authors administered the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS; T. B. Brazelton & J. K. Nugent, 1995) in the newborn period and the Nursing Child Assessment Teaching…
Descriptors: Cues, Mothers, Neonates, Parent Child Relationship
Wyly, M. Virginia; And Others – 1988
The Nurse-Parent Training Project, developed in cooperation with Children's Hospital of Buffalo (New York), was designed to provide developmental supportive care for premature infants, and to reduce stress while optimizing neurobehavioral development. A program was conducted to train nurses working in neonatal intensive care nurseries, to enable…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Child Development, Hospitalized Children
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Arco, Christina M.; Self, Patricia A. – 1976
This paper explores the effects of infant predominant state of arousal upon very early mother-infant interaction, through observation of a group of 20 healthy 3-day-old nursery roommates and their mothers during hospital feeding sessions. In an experimental procedure involving a modified time-sampling technique, two observers simultaneously…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Behavior Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Parker, Steven; Brazelton, T. Berry – Children Today, 1981
Describes the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, which is used to assess infants' competence in organizing their states of consciousness, interactive capacities, physiological responses, and environmental responsiveness. Various projects which have used the scale are reported. The predictive value and clinical uses of the scale are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Clinical Diagnosis, Infant Behavior, Measurement Techniques
Wojcik, Bonnie; And Others – 1977
Text, illustrations, and exercises are utilized in these four learning modules to instruct parents and nursing students in topics related to child care and development. The first module, "Growth and Development: Let's Test Your Baby's Reflexes" by Bonnie Wojcik, describes the behavioral signs that are indicative of eight normal primitive…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Rearing, Cleft Palate, Hygiene
Riese, Marilyn L. – 1996
Irritability levels and activity reactivity to aversive tactile stimuli were compared for 144 full-term neonates and 191 preterm infants. Irritability ratings increased across the five trials both during and post stimulation for full-term females and males and for preterm females, but not for preterm males. Activity ratings decreased across trials…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Infant Behavior
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