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Epigenetic Regulation of Placental "NR3C1": Mechanism Underlying Prenatal Programming of Infant Neurobehavior by Maternal Smoking?
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Stroud, Laura R.; Papandonatos, George D.; Salisbury, Amy L.; Phipps, Maureen G.; Huestis, Marilyn A.; Niaura, Raymond; Padbury, James F.; Marsit, Carmen J.; Lester, Barry M. – Child Development, 2016
Epigenetic regulation of the placental glucocorticoid receptor gene ("NR3C1") was investigated as a mechanism underlying links between maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSDP) and infant neurobehavior in 45 mother-infant pairs (49% MSDP-exposed; 52% minorities; ages 18-35). The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Network Neurobehavioral…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Behavior, Mothers, Smoking
Neonate-Mother Interaction: Effects of Parity on Feeding Behavior
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Thoman, Evelyn B.; And Others – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Birth Order, Infant Behavior, Mothers
The Bacon Chow Study: Maternal Nutritional Supplementation and Infant Behavioral Development.
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Joos, Sandra K.; And Others – Child Development, 1983
Examines the effect of nutritional supplementation provided to mothers during pregnancy and lactation on the mental and motor development of their infants. While neither sex nor mental differences could be attributed to supplementation, motor development in infants was affected. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior, Mothers
Dimensions of Subjectivity in Parents' Ratings of Infant Temperament.
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Mebert, Carolyn J. – Child Development, 1991
Parents completed the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ), and their depression and anxiety were measured, during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The ICQ scores formed two components in the mothers' analysis, and one in the fathers'analysis. Predictors of postpartum ICQ scores were the postpartum ICQ components and the anxiety and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Rearing, Depression (Psychology), Infant Behavior
Prenatal Maternal Reactivity to Infant Cries Predicts Postnatal Perceptions of Infant Temperament and Marriage Appraisal.
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Pedersen, Frank A.; And Others – Child Development, 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…
Descriptors: Crying, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior, Infants