The objective of the proposed research is to conduct a within-subject experimental study that will assess the effect of environmental distractions on a mothers' ability to recognize and feed in response to infants' feeding cues. Investigators hypothesize that mothers will spend significantly more time looking at their technology compared to looking at their infant, which will be negatively associated with the mothers' responsiveness to her infant. This will have a positive association with infant intake during the feeding. Investigators also hypothesize that mothers will show less sensitivity when distracted when compared to when they are not distracted.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
27
Infants will be fed with classical music playing in the background for one feeding and with a television show playing for the mother to watch during the other.
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Infant intake within a feeding (mL)
Infant intake within a feeding (mL) assessed by weighing the bottle or infant, depending on the type of feeding, before and after the feeding.
Time frame: 2-hour period
Maternal responsiveness
Maternal responsiveness to infant cues during a feeding assessed by the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training Parent-Child Interaction Feeding Scale.
Time frame: 2-hour period
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