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Crying in the first year of life: good news in the midst of distress.
- Source :
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Child: care, health and development [Child Care Health Dev] 1998 Sep; Vol. 24 (5), pp. 425-39. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Excessive crying and colic in the first 3 months of life remain as mysterious and unsolved clinical problems. The mystery is contributed to by the relative lack of long-term follow-up studies. The findings from four new follow-up studies of infants with prior colic are analyzed in an attempt to derive a clearer picture of what 'life after colic' might be like for parents, infants, and their interactions. The bad news is that, for a subgroup of infants and parents, especially those with substantial additional risk factors, early excessive crying may not resolve, but evolve into a more generalized 'persistent mother-infant distress' syndrome. For some mothers of infants with colic, the risk of depressive symptoms or decreased self-efficacy may be increased. However, there appears to be good news for a substantial majority of infants with colic and for their parents. This includes a significant reduction over time in the amount of crying, intact parental and infant capacities to be responsive in interactive contexts, no significant maternal stress, and normal attachment relationships.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0305-1862
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Child: care, health and development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9728286
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2214.2002.00092.x