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PubMed2005

The contributions of ineffective discipline and parental hostile attributions of child misbehavior to the development of conduct problems at home and school.

Data were collected in a longitudinal study of 134 boys and 132 girls and their families during kindergarten and first grade. Four hours of parent-child interaction were coded to ascertain parent discipline practices. A structured interview assessed maternal attributions about child behavior. Maternal ratings of child conduct problems at kindergarten entry reliably predicted the mother's subsequent hostile attributions concerning child misbehavior and use of ineffective discipline tactics. Ineffective maternal discipline and the interaction of ineffective discipline and hostile attribution predicted growth in child conduct problems at home during kindergarten and first grade. Changes in teacher-reported and observed child conduct problems at school during kindergarten and first grade were predicted by growth in conduct problems at home and by the interaction of ineffective discipline and hostile attribution.

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PubMed1977

Use of partial mammectomy to produce malnutrition in the rat.

Partial mammectomy in the Sprague-Dawley rat was studied as a method for producing malnutrition without accompanying differences in litter size. Throughout the litter period, experimental litters weighed less than controls. No difference in the rate of development of various anatomical landmarks was noted with this degree of malnutrition. Maternal behavior in the nursing dam was measured with respect to nursing, nesting, and retrieval behavior. Mammectomized subjects built and maintained better nests and spent more time in a nursing posture, but were less likely to retrieve their litter than were control animals. At weaning the intact mammae of the experimental animals were larger than those of control animals.

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PubMed1998

Methodologic issues in the measurement of oxytocin in human neonates.

Oxytocin's (OT) role in the onset and maintenance of labor and in the letdown reflex is well known. OT also has been recognized as a neurotransmitter having functions in the central nervous system, including an influence on behavior (e.g., initiation of maternal behavior). This research was conducted to (1) evaluate whether human tactile contact in the human newborn would increase urine OT levels and alter infant behavioral state, and (2) determine the reliability of measuring OT in human infant urine. Although the data did not support the hypotheses, it was noted that OT levels significantly decreased in infants who cried during the study period and that there was no correlation between infant's chronologic age and OT levels. The findings illustrate several methodologic and measurement problems in the study of OT in human infants and that urine sampling in the neonate is not the most reliable method to evaluate change in OT levels. Some general issues concerning research with human infants also are discussed. Further research is recommended to document baseline levels of OT in neonates and to explore the use of salivary OT to measure short-term responses to interventions.

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PubMed2001

Neonatal lead poisoning from maternal pica behavior during pregnancy.

Lead toxicity has gained increasing attention in the public media because of its ubiquitous distribution in the environment and the potentially serious medical complications that it can induce, particularly in children. We present a case of an asymptomatic Hispanic woman who exhibited a unique form of pica during her pregnancy. By serendipity, she agreed to enroll into a lead screening study at our medical center when she presented to deliver her child. Her blood lead level was 119.4 microg/dL at delivery, and simultaneous measurement of the neonate's cord blood lead level was 113.6 microg/dL. The infant underwent an exchange transfusion, and the mother was treated with oral 2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid. Both demonstrated dramatic biochemical improvement.

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PubMed1989

[Sonography of fetal growth behavior in maternal diabetes mellitus].

In the Gynaecological Hospital affiliated to the District Hospital of Karl-Marx-Stadt, which is a care centre for pregnant diabetic women, 363 diabetic women of classes White A-F 1779 were subjected to ultrasonic examinations between 1982 and 1988. In this connection, nominal-value graphs were prepared to show the biparietal diameter (BIP), the medium thorax diameter and the head-thorax index in dependence upon the gestational age. These nominal-value graphs give a general idea of the specific fetal growth behaviour in case of diabetes mellitus. They permit to reliably diagnose a fetal hypertrophy or hypotrophy. Moreover, they provide a starting point for a more effective coverage of gestational diabetics and open up new prospects for insulinisation.

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Promoting awareness: the mother and her baby.

This study considered the problem of how to increase a mother's awareness of her infant's behavior and her own behavior as a beginning step toward the promotion of quality interaction between mother and infant. The impact of informing 108 mothers of term infants and 32 mothers of preterm infants about: (a) neonatal interactive, motoric, state control, and response to stress behavior patterns; and (b) maternal behaviors to enhance and support infant behavior was tested with four groups. In describing the behavior that occurred during a feeding session, mothers in two treatment groups reported significantly more of their own behavior than that of their neonate. They more closely resembled the trained observers' report of the behavior than did mothers in two control groups. Recommendations include incorporating an educative treatment in plans of nursing care for mothers and infants and further research to determine the optimal timing and long-term effects of such an intervention.

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