Maternal Behavior - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking (PEMCS) may affect brain development and behavior in adolescent offspring. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in mediating the relationship between PEMCS ... Read more...

A longitudinal study of maternal depression and child maltreatment in a national sample of families investigated by child protective services.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess whether a change in depression predicts a mother's change in maltreatment. DESIGN: Observational, repeated measures study. SETTING: National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being, 1999 to 2004. PARTICIPANTS: Mothers who ... Read more...

Breastfeeding mothers and violence: what nurses need to know.

30 Aug 2009 Violence against women and girls is a widespread problem, with negative ramifications for both physical and mental health. Many women in abusive relationships find the violence escalates when they are pregnant. For the survivor of childhood ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Maternal Behavior - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype. 30 Oct 2009
• A longitudinal study of maternal depression and child maltreatment in a national sample of families investigated by child protective services. 29 Sep 2009
• Breastfeeding mothers and violence: what nurses need to know. 30 Aug 2009
• Changes in maternal expressed emotion toward clinically anxious children following cognitive behavioral therapy. 3 Aug 2009
• Genetic and environmental influence on attachment disorganization. 30 Jul 2009
• Does early care affect joint attention in great apes (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Pongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus, Gorilla gorilla)? 30 Jul 2009
• A responsive feeding intervention increases children's self-feeding and maternal responsiveness but not weight gain. 6 Jul 2009
• Predicting growth curves of early childhood externalizing problems: differential susceptibility of children with difficult temperament. 29 Jun 2009
• Disturbances of attachment and parental psychopathology in early childhood. 29 Jun 2009
• Factors associated with early breastfeeding cessation in Frankston, Victoria: a descriptive study. 29 Jun 2009
• Longitudinal examination of maternal psychological control and adolescents' self-competence as predictors of bulimic symptoms among boys and girls. 29 Jun 2009
• Associations of maternal lifetime trauma and perinatal traumatic stress symptoms with infant cardiorespiratory reactivity to psychological challenge. 22 Jun 2009
• Talking about breastfeeding: emotion, context and 'good' mothering. 30 May 2009
• Child and mother play in three U.S. cultural groups: comparisons and associations. 30 May 2009
• Developmentally disabled teens. 30 May 2009
• Early contact versus separation: effects on mother-infant interaction one year later. 30 May 2009
• A longitudinal investigation of maternal touching across the first 6 months of life: age and context effects. 21 May 2009
• Baby schema modulates the brain reward system in nulliparous women. 16 May 2009
• Depressed mothers' infants are less responsive to faces and voices. 10 May 2009
• Developmental brain alterations in 17 year old boys are related to antenatal maternal anxiety. 7 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Maternal Behavior'

Definition: The behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a mother.

Descriptor UI: D008425

Alternative terms: Maternal Behavior; Behavior, Maternal; Behaviors, Maternal; Maternal Behaviors; Maternal Care Patterns; Care Pattern, Maternal; Care Patterns, Maternal; Maternal Care Pattern; Pattern, Maternal Care; Patterns, Maternal Care; Maternal Patterns of Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; ethnology; physiology; psychology; radiation effects;

Tree Number: F01.829.263.370.215;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: human & animal; /drug eff permitted only if the drug affects the mother's behavior: do not use for eff of a drug on the offspring after admin of drug to pregn mother