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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

Author(s): Mercuri M; Stack DM; Trojan S; Giusti L; Morandi F; Mantis I; Montirosso R;

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 nur...

Article GUID: 31546151

Functions of maternal touch and infants' affect during face-to-face interactions: new directions for the still-face.

Author(s): Jean AD, Stack DM

Infant Behav Dev. 2009 Jan;32(1):123-8 Authors: Jean AD, Stack DM

Article GUID: 19004501

A longitudinal investigation of maternal touching across the first 6 months of life: age and context effects.

Author(s): Jean AD, Stack DM, Fogel A

Infant Behav Dev. 2009 Jun;32(3):344-9 Authors: Jean AD, Stack DM, Fogel A

Article GUID: 19477019

Infant touch with gaze and affective behaviors during mother-infant still-face interactions: Co-occurrence and functions of touch.

Author(s): Moszkowski RJ, Stack DM, Chiarella SS

Infant Behav Dev. 2009 Dec;32(4):392-403 Authors: Moszkowski RJ, Stack DM, Chiarella SS

Article GUID: 19647323


Title:Infant touch with gaze and affective behaviors during mother-infant still-face interactions: Co-occurrence and functions of touch.
Authors:Moszkowski RJStack DMChiarella SS
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19647323?dopt=Abstract
Category:Infant Behav Dev
PMID:19647323
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 Centre for Research in Human Development, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, PY-170, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6. robin.moszkowski@yahoo.ca

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Infant touch with gaze and affective behaviors during mother-infant still-face interactions: Co-occurrence and functions of touch.

Infant Behav Dev. 2009 Dec;32(4):392-403

Authors: Moszkowski RJ, Stack DM, Chiarella SS

Abstract

The current study was designed to investigate the role of infant touch during early mother-infant interactions with changes in maternal availability. Forty-four dyads participated in the SF procedure. Objectives were to examine co-occurring behavioral pairs across periods, and to investigate the functions of touch. Findings revealed that co-occurring behaviors and the functions of touch varied across interaction periods. Static touch co-occurred with gaze at mothers, and infants exhibited playful functions of touch during the Normal periods. Soothing (i.e., stroke, finger, mouth) and reactive (i.e., grab, pat, pull) types of touch co-occurred with gaze away from mother during the SF period, and infants exhibited more regulatory and exploratory functions during the SF period. These findings suggest that the way in which infant touch is organized with gaze and affect changes with the interactive context and underscore the important regulatory, exploratory and communicative roles of touch during early socio-emotional development.

PMID: 19647323 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]