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Examining the Effectiveness of Body Massage on Physical Status of Premature Neonates and Their Mothers' Psychological Status
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Mokaberian, Mansoureh; Noripour, Shamsollah; Sheikh, Mahmoud; Mills, Paul J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Exploring effective interventions to compensate for developmental delay in premature neonates and reduce their mothers' anxiety is of great significance. This research aimed at examining the effects of body massage on Iranian premature neonates' physical and motor development, and on their mother's anxiety and attachment. Forty premature neonates…
Descriptors: Neonates, Premature Infants, Physical Health, Mothers
Culture and the Perceived Organization of Newborn Behavior: A Comparative Study in Kenya and the United States
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Super, Charles M.; Harkness, Sara – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
The behavior of newborns is ambiguous. Cultural models--representations shared by members of a community--provide new parents and others with a cognitive and motivational structure to understand them. This study asks members of several cultural groups (total n = 100) to judge the "similarity" of behavioral items in the Neonatal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neonates, Infant Behavior, Cultural Differences
Prediction of Nine Month Performance from Neonatal and Developmental Criteria.
Sweet, John F., Jr.; And Others – 1980
This study investigated the ability of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), in combination with neonatal histories and developmental assessments, to predict mental and motor performance of 9-month-old infants on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID). Fourteen normal, full-term infants and 10 average-for-gestational-age,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Infants, Motor Development, Predictive Measurement
Specific Differences in Motor Performance between Gusii and American Newborns and a Modification of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale.
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Keefer, Constance H.; And Others – Child Development, 1982
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences
Performance on the Motor Scale of The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities as Related to Home Environment and Neonatal Reflexes.
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La Veck, Beverly; Hammond, Mary A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Total motor and cognitive-motor performance at age 4 was related to home environment but not to neonatal reflexes. Large muscle skill was unrelated to environment but did relate to neonatal reflexes among girls. (Author)
Descriptors: Background, Correlation, Family Environment, Longitudinal Studies