Aims The first purpose of the study was to examine fathers' spontaneous communicative
behavior with their preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, and how father's and
infant's behaviors affected each other. The second purpose was to examine any possible
association between the fathers' and/or infants' characteristics and the quality of fathers'
behaviors with their infants. Study design/Subjects/Outcome measures Father–preterm
infant dyads (n= 20) were assessed at 34-36 weeks postmenstrual age, during a …