Infant Vocalization: An Index of Maternal Attitude Toward the Child |
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Authors: | Camp, Bonnie W. Morgan, Linda J. Schmidt, Bonnie |
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Affiliation: | University of Colorado School of Medicine 2All correspondence should be sent to Bonnie W. Camp, University of Colorado School of Medicine, C-224, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262 |
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Abstract: | Brief observations of mother-stimulated infant vocalizationwere perform ed during pediatric clinic visits on 4- to 6-month-oldinfants to determine whether mothers with positive attitudestoward the pregnancy and/or the in fant would have infants whovocalized more during clinic visits. Mothers with more positiveattitudes toward the pregnancy, assessed prenatally, had infantswho showed significantly more vocalization during clinic visitsat 5 months, 6 months, and the combination of 5 and 6 months.Mothers with more positive attitudes toward the infant had infantswho showed signcantly more vocalization at 4 months and thecombination of observations at 4 months and 6 months. Resultssuggest that brief observations of vocalization during clinicvisits may be useful as a rough index of the quality of themother-child interaction. |
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Keywords: | infant vocalization maternal attitudes child development mother-infant interaction. |
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