Focus on maternal behavior in infant intervention.

R M Bromwich

doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1976.tb00944.x

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Focus on maternal behavior in infant intervention.

R M Bromwich

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A six-stage maternal behavior progression is outlined, and its use as a schema for the assessment of parental behavior in parent-infant interaction is described. This approach focuses on parent-infant interaction, rather than the teaching of infant skills, as a basis for enhancing cognitive and affective development of the child. Use of the schema is illustrated in two cases from an intervention program for high-risk infants.

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Behavior Therapy Child Behavior Child Development Cognition Communication Female Happiness Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Maternal Behavior Mother-Child Relations Personal Satisfaction Personality Play and Playthings Stress, Psychological Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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R M Bromwich. 1976. Focus on maternal behavior in infant intervention.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1976.tb00944.x

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