The Socio-Communicative Development of Preterm Infants Is Resistant to the Negative Effects of Parity on Maternal Responsiveness
Humans are born completely dependent on adult care for survival. To get the necessary support, newborns rely on socio-communicative abilities which have both innate and learned components. Maternal responsiveness (MR), as a critical aspect of mother-infant interaction, is a robust predictor of the a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00043/full |