Effects of amount of contact between mother and child on the mother's nursing behavior

Sven G. Carlsson, H Fagerberg, Göran Horneman, C. Philip Hwang, Knut Larsson, Margaretha Rödholm, Joseph P. Schaller, Bernt Danielsson, Christer Gundewall

Developmental Psychobiology · 1978 · 67 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

Short-term effects of different amounts of body contact between mother and newborn on human nursing behavior were studied. Extended contact immediately after parturition was related to an increase in affective components of maternal nursing behavior observed on postpartum Days 2 and 4.

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