Sökning: "mother-infant behaviour"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden mother-infant behaviour.
1. The first hour of life : description of the early reciprocal interaction : mother-infant behaviour and development of their mutual relationship
Sammanfattning : The immediate post partum period may be particularly important for the developing relationship between mother and infant. This report consists of two studies: the first study (paper I) gives descriptions of the interaction between infants and their parents during the first hour post partum and the second study (papers II-IV) in this report examines the effect of extra contact during the first hour following delivery. LÄS MER
2. Stress in infants and parents : Studies of salivary cortisol, behaviour and psychometric measures
Sammanfattning : The life of a preterm infant admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit may be stressful from the moment of birth. Ever since Hans Selye’s initial characterisation of the biological stress response, cortisol has been frequently measured as an indicator of stress responsivity. LÄS MER
3. Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for women with negative birth experiences following childbirth
Sammanfattning : Childbirth can be associated with both positive and negative psychological reactions. The experience of labour and birth is subjective, multidimensional and complex including physiological and psychological factors. LÄS MER
4. Parent-infant skin-to-skin contact studies : parent-infant interaction and oxytocin levels during skin-to-skin contact after Cesarean section and mother-infant skin-to-skin contact as treatment for breastfeeding problems
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the impact of early skin-to-skin contact on maternal, paternal and infant interaction immediately after Cesarean section and personality profile in mothers. Furthermore, it was to study skin-to-skin contact between mothers and infants as a method to solve severe latch-on breastfeeding problems, even weeks after birth. LÄS MER
5. The crying infant
Sammanfattning : The study is focused on the Child Health Centres’ (CHC:s) daily work of understanding families as well as giving advice to parents of excessively crying infants. Excessively crying infants were identified by means of a short questionnaire distributed to the mothers of newborn infants visiting the CHC. LÄS MER