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Physical and Psychological Childbirth Experiences and Early Infant Temperament

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Frontiers in Psychology, Volume: 13

Swansea University Authors: CARMEN POWER, Claire Williams Orcid Logo, Amy Brown Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.792392

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Objective: To examine how physical and psychological childbirth experiences affect maternal perceptions and experiences of early infant behavioural style (temperament).Background: Unnecessary interventions may disturb the normal progression of physiological childbirth and instinctive neonatal behavi...

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