"This is an interesting and worthy approach....this volume succeeds....the present volume presents important information on the stressors that infants and children willencounter throughout development." —Contemporary Psychology
Contents: Preface. Part I: Developmental Stressors.M.R. Gunnar, L. Broderson, Infant Stress Reactions to Brief Maternal Separations in Human and Nonhuman Primates. J.L. Gewirtz, M. Pelaez-Nogueras, Infants' Separation Difficulties and Distress Due to Misplaced Maternal Contingencies. W.L. Donovan, L.A. Leavitt, Maternal Self-Efficacy and Response to Stress: Laboratory Studies of Coping with a Crying Infant. B.T. Healy, The Heritability of Autonomic Nervous System Processes. N.A. Fox, Frontal Brain Asymmetry and Vulnerability to Stress: Individual Differences in Infant Temperament. N. Eisenberg, J. Bernzweig, R.A. Fabes, Coping and Vicarious Emotional Responding. J. Brooks-Gunn, Growing up Female: Stressful Events and the Transition to Adolescence. Part II: Clinical Stressors.C.J. Morrow, T.M. Field, Transcutaneous Oxygen Tension in Preterm Neonates During Invasive Medical Procedures, Behavioral Assessments and Tactile/Kinesthetic Stimulation. D. Bendell-Estroff, R. Smith-Sterling, M. Miller, The Stress of Parenting Apneic Infants. F.D. Armstrong, Psychosocial Intervention in Pediatric Cancer: A Strategy for Prevention of Long-Term Problems. T.M. Field, Reducing Stress in Child and Psychiatric Patients by Massage and Relaxation Therapy.
Field, Tiffany M.; Mccabe, Philip; Schneiderman, Neil