title: Sequential observation of infant regulated and dysregulated behavior following soothing and stimulating maternal behavior during feeding.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe maternal behaviors occurring before infant regulated or dysregulated behavior at three times in early infancy and examine behavioral patterns over time with their prematurely born infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Video recordings of 37 dyads were coded on infant regulated and dysregulated behaviors following maternal soothing and stimulating behaviors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At each time, infants showed more regulation after maternal soothing than after maternal stimulating. Further study is merited.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowing infant regulation and dysregulation following categories of maternal behavior could help mothers anticipate infant regulatory or dysregulatory behavior in response to their own behavior and identify supportive caregiving strategies.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pridham
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D013383:Suburban Population; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014741:Video Recording; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Feeding behavior; lag analysis; sequential analysis