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Infant arousal in an en-face exchange with a new partner: effects of prematurity and perinatal biological risk.

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Eckerman, CO; Hsu, HC; Molitor, A; Leung, EH; Goldstein, RF
Published in: Dev Psychol
January 1999

Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants of higher (n = 18) and lower (n = 29) perinatal biological risk were contrasted at 4 months adjusted age with healthy full-term infants (n = 32) in their arousal during a standardized peekaboo game with an examiner. VLBW infants showed less positive arousal, more negative arousal, and 3 mixtures of behavioral cues across the peekaboo game seldom seen for full-term infants-strong cues of both positive and negative arousal, strong cues of negative arousal alone, and no strong cues of either positive or negative arousal. Contrary to expectations, perinatal biological risk did not strongly predict variations in arousal within the VLBW group. Possible changes in how internal and external sources of arousal are integrated provide one explanation for the presence of strong relationships between perinatal biological risk and social responsiveness near term age and their disappearance by 4 months of age.

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Dev Psychol

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0012-1649

Publication Date

January 1999

Volume

35

Issue

1

Start / End Page

282 / 293

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Behavior
  • Risk Factors
  • Play and Playthings
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant Behavior
 

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Eckerman, C. O., Hsu, H. C., Molitor, A., Leung, E. H., & Goldstein, R. F. (1999). Infant arousal in an en-face exchange with a new partner: effects of prematurity and perinatal biological risk. Dev Psychol, 35(1), 282–293. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.35.1.282
Eckerman, C. O., H. C. Hsu, A. Molitor, E. H. Leung, and R. F. Goldstein. “Infant arousal in an en-face exchange with a new partner: effects of prematurity and perinatal biological risk.Dev Psychol 35, no. 1 (January 1999): 282–93. https://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.35.1.282.
Eckerman CO, Hsu HC, Molitor A, Leung EH, Goldstein RF. Infant arousal in an en-face exchange with a new partner: effects of prematurity and perinatal biological risk. Dev Psychol. 1999 Jan;35(1):282–93.
Eckerman, C. O., et al. “Infant arousal in an en-face exchange with a new partner: effects of prematurity and perinatal biological risk.Dev Psychol, vol. 35, no. 1, Jan. 1999, pp. 282–93. Pubmed, doi:10.1037//0012-1649.35.1.282.
Eckerman CO, Hsu HC, Molitor A, Leung EH, Goldstein RF. Infant arousal in an en-face exchange with a new partner: effects of prematurity and perinatal biological risk. Dev Psychol. 1999 Jan;35(1):282–293.

Published In

Dev Psychol

DOI

ISSN

0012-1649

Publication Date

January 1999

Volume

35

Issue

1

Start / End Page

282 / 293

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Behavior
  • Risk Factors
  • Play and Playthings
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant Behavior