The effect of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on infants鈥?response to the Still Face Task from newborn to three months of age
- 作者：Ann E. Bigelow ; abigelow@stfx.ca ; Michelle Power
- 关键词：Skin-to-skin contact ; Mother&ndash ; infant interaction ; Social&ndash ; cognitive development ; Longitudinal ; Self agency
- 刊名：Infant Behavior and Development
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：118_01636383
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：April, 2012
- 卷：35
- 期：2
- 页码：240-251
- 文件大小：593 K
摘要
The effect of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on infants鈥?developing social expectations for maternal behavior was investigated longitudinally over infants鈥?first 3 months. Infants with and without skin-to-skin contact engaged with their mothers in the Still Face Task at ages 1 week, 1 month, 2 months, and 3 months. Infants with skin-to-skin contact began responding to changes in their mothers鈥?behavior with their affect at 1 month; infants without skin-to-skin contact did so at 2 months. At 3 months, infants with skin-to-skin contact increased their non-distress vocalizations during the still face phase, suggesting social bidding to their mothers. Skin-to-skin contact accelerated infants鈥?social expectations for their mothers鈥?behavior and enhanced infants鈥?awareness of themselves as active agents in social interactions.