title: Emergence of temperament in the neonate: neonates who cry longer during their first bath still cry longer at their next bathings.
abstract: We observed that neonates who cried during bathing on day 2 still cried on days 3 and 4. The correlation coefficient, for example, between day 2 and day 3 was r=0.410, p<0.001, n=100. Neonates may already have a distinct temperament (withdrawal and adaptability) as early as day 2 after birth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Fukuda Hospital, Shin-machi 2-2-6, Kumamoto 860-0004, Japan. tsuchiya@fukuda-hp.or.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths / Q000523:psychology*; D003448:Crying / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013694:Temperament