title: [The influence of an improvement of body contact on regulatory disorders in infancy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study concerns the influence of an improvement of body contact on regulatory disorders in infancy. Two interventions were examined: 1. parent counseling on the subject of body contact; 2. practical training of body contact in connection with exposure. Both methods were supplemented by a video-based parent training.
  
  
  METHODS
  20 infants with regulatory disorder were assigned to each treatment. Body and eye contact were examined by means of video ratings before and after treatment. In addition, we measured the daily amount of crying, sleeping, feeding, being fussy, and quiet play by means of an infant behavior diary.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both interventions resulted in an improvement of body contact, though only in the group with practical training was this improvement stable after 3 months. Taking all 40 participating infants together, we found significant improvements for "fussiness," "sleep duration," "awake, quiet or playing," and a marginal significant intervention effect for the duration of crying. Both interventions showed that children who had markedly improved in body contact also improved with regard to the regulation problem. Finally, the practical training of body contact was superior to pure counseling respective to the fussiness of the infants and to their gaze contact.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Body contact can be improved through specific therapeutic interventions. Video-based parent training in combination with interventions aiming at an improvement of body contact have a positive effect on the regulation problem.
authors.affiliation: <location>Neuried</location>
authors.forename: Uta
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Streit
authors.affiliation: Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, <location>Berlin</location>
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nantke
authors.affiliation: <location>Dörnich</location>
authors.forename: Fritz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.affiliation: Begabungspsychologische Beratungsstelle der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, <location>München</location>
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: <location>München</location>
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallasch
authors.affiliation: Institut für Community Medicine, <location>Greifswald</location>
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohlmann
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003448:Crying / Q000523:psychology*; D004505:Education, Nonprofessional / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014110:Touch
keywords: Elternberatung; Körperkontakt; Regulationsstörungen im Säuglingsalter; Therapie; body contact; excessive crying infant; excessive crying infant treatment; exzessives Schreien; parent counseling; regulatory disorder of infancy