1 Centre for Research in Human Development, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, PY-170, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ameliejea@yahoo.com

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

Infant Behav Dev. 2009 Jun;32(3):344-9

Authors: Jean AD, Stack DM, Fogel A

Abstract

The types of touch used by 12 mothers with their 1-, 3- and 5.5-month-old infants were examined longitudinally during two different interaction contexts lasting 5 min each. Changes in maternal touching as a function of infants' age and interaction context were revealed.

PMID: 19477019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]