Author(s): Mercuri M; Stack DM; De France K; Jean ADL; Fogel A;

Touch is a central component of mothers' and infants' everyday interactions and the formation of a healthy mother-infant relationship. Twelve mothers and their full-term infants from the Midwest, USA participated in the present study, which examined the quality and quantity of their touching behaviors longitudinally at 1-, 3-, 5-, 7-, and 9-months ...

Article GUID: 37337452

Author(s): Mercuri M; Stack DM; Mantis I; Moszkowski R; Field TM;

Touch is an important means through which mothers and infants co-regulate during periods of stress or perturbation. The present study examined the synchrony of maternal and infant touching behaviours among 41 mother-infant dyads, some of whom were deemed at-risk due to maternal depressive symptomatology. Mothers and their 4-month-old infants participated ...

Article GUID: 36758294

Author(s): Ferrar SJ; Stack DM; Baldassarre KS; Orsini A; Serbin LA;

Early adolescents (aged 12-15) were observed during dyadic conflict discussions with their siblings (n = 23) and mothers (n = 32) in their homes. The verbal conflict behaviors and affect of family members were coded continuously. Sequential analyses identified temporal associations between individuals' affect and their own and their partners' verb ...

Article GUID: 35103031

Author(s): Savard M; Michaelsen S;

Background: During the civil war in northern Uganda (1986-2006), thousands of girls were abducted into rebel and government forces. Most of the females who were not abducted lived in abhorrent conditions in camps for internally displaced people (IDP). As the war was drawing to a close, reintegration programs emerged and some continue today. Objective: Us ...

Article GUID: 34479000

Author(s): Ferrar SJ; Stack DM; Dickson DJ; Serbin LA;

How youth learn to manage emotions during mother-child conflict influences their socioemotional development. Ninety-four mother-preadolescent (aged 9-13, 57.4% female) dyads were observed during conflict discussions and completed questionnaire measures at one prior time-point (Time 1; ages 6-10) and one subsequent time-point (Time 3; ages 11-16) to the ob ...

Article GUID: 32935251

Author(s): Aston M, Price S, Hunter A, Sim M, Etowa J, Monaghan J, Paynter M

Can J Nurs Res. 2020 Aug 06;:844562120940554 Authors: Aston M, Price S, Hunter A, Sim M, Etowa J, Monaghan J, Paynter M

Article GUID: 32757828

Author(s): Watson RJ, Rose HA, Doull M, Adjei J, Saewyc E

J Child Fam Stud. 2019 Nov;28(11):3121-3131 Authors: Watson RJ, Rose HA, Doull M, Adjei J, Saewyc E

Article GUID: 31649475

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 nurturing types of touch when interacting with their infants for the first time. Maternal touch at newb ...

Article GUID: 31546151

Author(s): Price SL, Aston M, Monaghan J, Sim M, Tomblin Murphy G, Etowa J, Pickles M, Hunter A, Little V

Qual Health Res. 2018 08;28(10):1552-1563 Authors: Price SL, Aston M, Monaghan J, Sim M, Tomblin Murphy G, Etowa J, Pickles M, Hunter A, Little V

Article GUID: 29281945