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"Mercuri M" Authored Publications:

Title Authors PubMed ID
1 An intensive longitudinal investigation of maternal and infant touching patterns across context and throughout the first 9-months of life Mercuri M; Stack DM; De France K; Jean ADL; Fogel A; 37337452
CRDH
2 Maternal and infant touching behaviours during perturbed interactions: Associations with maternal depressive symptomatology and infant crying Mercuri M; Stack DM; Mantis I; Moszkowski R; Field TM; 36758294
CRDH
3 Mothers' and fathers' early tactile contact behaviors during triadic and dyadic parent-infant interactions immediately after birth and at 3-months postpartum: Implications for early care behaviors and intervention Mercuri M; Stack DM; Trojan S; Giusti L; Morandi F; Mantis I; Montirosso R; 31546151
CRDH

 

Title:Mothers' and fathers' early tactile contact behaviors during triadic and dyadic parent-infant interactions immediately after birth and at 3-months postpartum: Implications for early care behaviors and intervention
Authors:Mercuri MStack DMTrojan SGiusti LMorandi FMantis IMontirosso R
Link:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31546151/
DOI:10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.101347
Publication:Infant behavior & development
Keywords:FatherMotherNewbornTouch
PMID:31546151 Category:Infant Behav Dev Date Added:2019-09-24
Dept Affiliation: CRDH
1 Department of Psychology, and Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2 Department of Psychology, and Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: dale.stack@concordia.ca.
3 Pediatric Unit, Fatebenefratelli Sacra Famiglia Hospital, Erba (Como), Italy(1).
4 0-3 Center for the at-Risk Infant, Scientific Institute IRCCS "E. Medea", Bosisio Parini (Lecco), Italy.
5 0-3 Center for the at-Risk Infant, Scientific Institute IRCCS "E. Medea", Bosisio Parini (Lecco), Italy. Electronic address: rosario.montirosso@lanostrafamiglia.it.

Description:

Mothers' and fathers' touch were investigated during their first naturalistic interaction with their newborns, and maternal touch was predicted from newborn to 3-months postpartum during the Still-Face (SF) procedure. Both parents displayed more nurturing types of touch when interacting with their infants for the first time. Maternal touch at newborn predicted maternal touch after, but not before, the SF 3-months later; more touch after birth was associated with more soothing, regulating, types of maternal touch following the SF, suggesting that the nature of these interactive contexts (post-birth, post-SF) may be parallel. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the full range of maternal and paternal touching behaviors during the first hour after birth. It is also one of the only investigations that considers how mothers' very first touch and physical contact relate to their later touch at 3-months. Our results uniquely contribute by revealing the nurturing and predictive quality of parents' touch, and underscore touch as a primary means of early contact and communication.





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