Assessment of Maternal-Infant Interaction: Application of the Still Face Paradigm in a Rural Population of Working Women in Ecuador.
Objectives The importance of mother-child interaction in early infancy on child development has been well documented. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using the Still Face Paradigm to measure mother interactive style, infant affect and emotional regulation in a rural Ecuado...
| Published in: | Maternal & Child Health Journal Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 458 - 467 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2017
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