• J Pediatr Psychol · Aug 2009

    Brief report: maternal emotional availability and infant pain-related distress.

    • Laila Din, Rebecca Pillai Riddell, and Stuart Gordner.
    • Department of Psychology, York University, Ontario, Canada. ldin@yorku.ca
    • J Pediatr Psychol. 2009 Aug 1;34(7):722-6.

    ObjectivesThe current study investigated the relationships between maternal emotional availability and infant pain expressions.MethodsA group of 73 mother-infant dyads were recruited prior to their routine immunization appointment and were subsequently filmed.ResultsAnalyses revealed that maternal non-intrusiveness was related to lower infant pain expressions both immediately and 1 min following needle. In addition, maternal sensitivity and overall emotional availability were related to lower infant pain expressions 1 min after needle.ConclusionsThese results suggest that intrusive caregiving behaviors can increase infant pain reactivity and hinder the regulation of pain-related distress. On the other hand, sensitive and emotionally available caregiving help infants to regulate their pain-related distress. The results support that infant pain expressions are related to the quality of maternal caregiving.

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