Maternal care and development of stress responses in baboons

Article Abstract:

An experimental design that accounts for multiple sources of variation is utilized to understand the nature of stress responsivity and its relationship to the early rearing environment using a sample of baboons. The results indicate that when juvenile baboons are confronted with a source of psychological stress, they show a multidimensional behavioral response, probably neurohormonal systems that, ultimately, act on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.

Public affairs, Texas, Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Behavior, Observations, Baboons, Parental behavior in animals, Animal parental behavior, Animal parental behaviour

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Maternal sex-stereotyping of newborns

Article Abstract:

Mothers were more likely to gender stereotype their newborn babies based on physical qualities than they were are emotional characteristics. Sons were more likely characterized as having wide hands, looking large or athletic, and having a serious look on their face. Daughters possessed opposite traits. Similar conclusions were made in 1974 as they were during this 1994 study.

Infants (Newborn), Newborn infants, Stereotype (Psychology), Childhood psychological tests, Stereotypes

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Maternal child feeding practices and obesity: A discordant sibling analysis

Article Abstract:

Maternal feeding practices were examined for links with weight status in obese and non-obese 7-12 year old siblings, highlighting the effect of maternal weight history and eating habits on children's future weight.

Obesity in children, Childhood obesity

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