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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 12(3) pp. 333-341, 1987
© 1987 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Infant Vocalization: An Index of Maternal Attitude Toward the Child1

Bonnie W. Camp2, Linda J. Morgan3 and Bonnie Schmidt4

University of Colorado School of Medicine

2All correspondence should be sent to Bonnie W. Camp, University of Colorado School of Medicine, C-224, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262

Brief observations of mother-stimulated infant vocalization were perform ed during pediatric clinic visits on 4- to 6-month-old infants to determine whether mothers with positive attitudes toward the pregnancy and/or the in fant would have infants who vocalized more during clinic visits. Mothers with more positive attitudes toward the pregnancy, assessed prenatally, had infants who showed significantly more vocalization during clinic visits at 5 months, 6 months, and the combination of 5 and 6 months. Mothers with more positive attitudes toward the infant had infants who showed signcantly more vocalization at 4 months and the combination of observations at 4 months and 6 months. Results suggest that brief observations of vocalization during clinic visits may be useful as a rough index of the quality of the mother-child interaction.

Key words: infant vocalization; maternal attitudes; child development; mother-infant interaction.


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