Touch is a critical channel of communication used by mothers to communicate and interact
with their infants and to contribute to their infants' socio-emotional development. The present …

Touch is an important means through which mothers and infants co-regulate during periods
of stress or perturbation. The present study examined the synchrony of maternal and infant …

The way a mother touches her infant plays a central role in maternal caregiving behavior.
Thus, the purpose of the present study was to examine associations between touch and …

The present study investigated the touching behaviors of 4-month-old infants of depressed
and non-depressed mothers during the still-face (SF; maternal emotional unavailability) and …

Maternal touch and infants' self‐regulatory behaviours were examined during a modified
Still‐Face with Touch (SF+ T) procedure. Mothers and their 5½‐month‐old infants …

Tactile contact is one of the earliest nonverbal channels through which parents shape the
ways their sons and daughters feel in their own bodies and experience the relational world …

Touch is a primary form of communication for mother-infant dyads in the infant's first year of
life. Stressors such as intimate partner violence (IPV) and maternal depression experienced …

The study of infant communication during mother–infant interactions has largely focused on
infants' distal behaviours, while neglecting their more proximal behaviours, such as touch …

The effects of depressed mothers' touching on their infants' behavior were investigated
during the still‐face situation. 48 depressed and nondepressed mothers and their 3‐month …

Background: Postnatal depression affects the emotional state of mothers and the quality of
mother–infant interaction. Method: Touch behaviour and content of child-directed speech …