Primary objective: This longitudinal and naturalistic study aimed to investigate systematically
the focus, the thematic sequences, the complexity and the speech acts of paternal infant …

Aim This review identifies interventions involving the fathers of preterm infants that have
been tested in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). It examines their effects on the fathers …

Relations between maternal postpartum behavior and the emergence of parent‐infant
relatedness as a function of infant autonomic maturity were examined in 56 premature …

Although preterm infants are at risk for social deficits, interventions to improve mother–infant
interaction in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are not part of standard care (SC) …

Parenting behaviors and parent–infant emotional bonding during the early postpartum
months play a critical role in infant development. However, the nature and progression of …

Interactions with parents build the foundation for infants' social–emotional development. This
study investigated coregulation of the interaction and quality of relationship between …

Background: The unique perspective of fathers with an infant in the neonatal unit on the
development of emotional closeness toward their infant is not well understood. The purpose …

Fathers of preterm babies in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are under stress. Lack of
knowledge about a preterm infant's behavior challenges new fathers who may be required …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the verbal interactions of parents with their infants in the first
months of life and to test the hypothesis that reciprocal vocalizations of mother-infant dyads …

Background Physical and emotional parent-infant closeness activate important
neurobiological mechanisms involved in parenting. In a neonatal care context, most …