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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on March 3, 2005
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsi080
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Journal of Pediatric Psychology © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org
Received February 18, 2004
Revised November 3, 2004
Accepted November 6, 2004

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Maternal Confidence in China: Association with Infant Neurobehaviors but not Sociodemographic Variables

Kek Khee Loo MD1*, Honglin Zhu MD2, Qiongying Yin RN3, Hong Luo RN3, Lihua Min RN3, and Rachelle Tyler MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2 Department of Pediatrics Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, and
3 Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Kek Khee Loo, E-mail: kloo{at}mednet.ucla.edu


  Abstract

Objective To examine the relations of sociodemographic factors and infant neurobehaviors to maternal confidence in China. Methods The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, Family APGAR, and Maternal Confidence in Caring for the Newborn scales were administered to 40 healthy, full-term neonates. Results Range and regulation of state, autonomic stability, and reflex cluster scores were positively correlated; the autonomic stability cluster score was negatively correlated with maternal confidence in meeting the infant’s social and instrumental needs. Educational level, age, income, satisfaction with family conditions, and infant sex were not associated with maternal confidence. Range of state and autonomic stability cluster scores predicted maternal confidence. Conclusions The infant’s abilities to tolerate stimuli, and to be consoled, were associated with maternal confidence. Also, maternal confidence was related to the recognition of infant autonomic cues. Family and sociodemographic variables were not associated with maternal confidence. The sex of the newborn did not affect maternal confidence.

Keywords: behavior; Brazelton NBAS; culture; infants; mothers; parenting.
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