Infant Pain Regulation as an Early Indicator of Childhood Temperament

Sara A Stevens; Nicole Racine; Rebecca Pillai Riddell; Rachel Horton; Hartley Garfield; Saul Greenberg

doi:10.1155/2013/285914

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2013)

Infant Pain Regulation as an Early Indicator of Childhood Temperament

Sara A Stevens,
Nicole Racine,
Rebecca Pillai Riddell,
Rachel Horton,
Hartley Garfield,
Saul Greenberg

Affiliations

Sara A Stevens: Department of Psychology, York University, Canada
Nicole Racine: Department of Psychology, York University, Canada
Rebecca Pillai Riddell: Department of Psychology, York University, Canada
Rachel Horton: Department of Psychology, York University, Canada
Hartley Garfield: Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Saul Greenberg: Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/285914
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 6
pp. 313 – 318

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: There is considerable variability in infants’ responses to painful stimuli, including facial and vocal expressions. This variability in pain-related distress response may be an indicator of temperament styles in childhood.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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