Child: care, health and development
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Child Care Health Dev · Mar 2007
Salivary cortisol response in mother-infant dyads at high psychosocial risk.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the adrenocortical response to diaper change in mother-infant dyads with psychosocial risk factors. ⋯ A diaper change is normally not perceived as stressful. The stress response caused by a diaper change may illustrate an insufficiency in the mother-infant relationship before treatment. Professional support improved the mothers' sensitivity and stabilized the stress response to diaper change in the youngest infants.