Mothers, Babies and their Body Language / Antonella Sansone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sansone, Antonella, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mother and infant.

Mothers--Psychology.

Mothers.

Infant psychology.

Body language.

Body language in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This volume explores the complex interaction and the importance of early communication between mother and baby from pregnancy to the first early months of development. It provides a rich and detailed study of this earliest relationship, and makes a significant and valuable contribution to this area of the mental health field."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Infant responses to parental contact; CHAPTER TWO: A psychophysiological theory of emotions; CHAPTER THREE: Skin contact in primary relationships; CHAPTER FOUR: Body image; CHAPTER FIVE: Voice and body image; CHAPTER SIX: Movement and communication: the baby massageexperience; CHAPTER SEVEN: Facial expressions and bodyself image; CHAPTER EIGHT: From communication to speech; CHAPTER NINE: The baby's cry; CHAPTER TEN: Breastfeeding; CHAPTER ELEVEN: The father's receptiveness; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91636-1

0-429-90213-1

0-429-47736-8

1-283-24907-3

9786613249074

1-84940-451-8

9780429477362

OCLC:

748242013