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Mothers' Sensitivity to Infant Signals by Leavitt, Lewis A

“…Of all of the infant's signals, the cry is particularly influential in the developing pattern of mother–infant interaction. If a mother terminates crying…”
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The Limited Effects of Obstetrical and Neonatal Complications on Conduct and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Middle Childhood by WAGNER, Anna I, SCHMIDT, Nicole L, LEMERY-CHALFANT, Kathryn, LEAVITT, Lewis A, HILL GOLDSMITH, H

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a wide range of obstetrical and neonatal complications as well as socioeconomic variables on the…”
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Preschool Children's Exposure to Violence: Relation of Behavior Problems to Parent and Child Reports by Shahinfar, Ariana, Fox, Nathan A, Leavitt, Lewis A

“…A group of 155 parents and their preschool children attending Head Start reported on the children's exposure to community violence, level of distress symptoms,…”
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Early channels of mother-infant communication: preterm and term infants by Barratt, M S, Roach, M A, Leavitt, L A

“…The impact of prematurity on the responsiveness of mothers and their 4-month-old infants was examined across three channels of communication: attentional,…”
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Violence exposure among school-age children in foster care: relationship to distress symptoms by Stein, B D, Zima, B T, Elliott, M N, Burnam, M A, Shahinfar, A, Fox, N A, Leavitt, L A

“…To describe the amount and nature of violence exposure and examine the relationship between violence exposure and distress symptoms among children in foster…”
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The educational impact of Rechov Sumsum/Shara’a Simsim: A Sesame Street television series to promote respect and understanding among children living in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza by Cole, Charlotte F., Arafat, Cairo, Tidhar, Chava, Tafesh, Wafa Zidan, Fox, Nathan A., Killen, Melanie, Ardila-Rey, Alicia, Leavitt, Lewis A., Lesser, Gerry, Richman, Beth A., Yung, Fiona

“…A pre-and post-test study assessed the effects of Israeli and Palestinian children’s viewing of Rechov Sumsum/Shara’a Simsim, a television series presenting…”
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The Structure of Mother-Child Play: Young Children With Down Syndrome and Typically Developing Children by Roach, Mary A, Barratt, Marguerite Stevenson, Miller, Jon F, Leavitt, Lewis A

“…This study explored developmental changes and effects of Down syndrome on mothers' structuring of their children's play. Mothers and their young children with…”
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Maternal Illusory Control Predicts Socialization Strategies and Toddler Compliance by Donovan, Wilberta L, Leavitt, Lewis A, Walsh, Reghan O

“…This study examined the relation between mothers' perception of their capacity for controlling infant crying and a later measure of parent-toddler social…”
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Research to practice: Emotional development and maternal/infant attachment by Leavitt, Lewis A

“…A mother's responsiveness to her infant's signals is important for developing their personal relationship and the child's social and cognitive competence…”
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Cognitive Set and Coping Strategy Affect Mothers' Sensitivity to Infant Cries: A Signal Detection Approach by Donovan, Wilberta L., Leavitt, Lewis A., Walsh, Reghan O.

“…We used Signal Detection methodology to examine how cognitive set affects mothers' response to an infant cry. We asked whether a cry from a "difficult" versus…”
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Children's Self-Report of Exposure to Violence and Its Relation to Emotional Distress by Raviv, Amiram, Raviv, Alona, Shimoni, Hagit, Fox, Nathan A, Leavitt, Lewis A

“…Over 1,000 second and fourth graders from schools reported to have high or low levels of violence completed a group-administrated questionnaire designed to…”
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Maternal Self-Efficacy: Illusory Control and Its Effect on Susceptibility to Learned Helplessness by Donovan, Wilberta L., Leavitt, Lewis A., Walsh, Reghan O.

“…66 mothers of 5-month-old infants participated in 2 simulated child-care tasks to examine differences in response to the performance demands of child care…”
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Introduction to Special Section: Biomedicine and Developmental Psychology: New Areas of Common Ground by Leavitt, Lewis A, Goldson, Edward

“…New technologies, statistical approaches, and medical therapies have generated new collaborative research opportunities for developmental psychologists and…”
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Continuous Vowel Discrimination in Normal and At Risk Infants by Swoboda, Philip J., Morse, Philip A., Leavitt, Lewis A.

“…The present study investigated vowel discrimination in 8-week-old infants using a nonnutritive, high-amplitude sucking measure in a habituation-dishabituation…”
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Political Economy of Public Health by Leavitt, Judith W, Leavitt, Lewis A

“…Review of:Launching Global Health: The Caribbean Odyssey of the Rockefeller Foundation. Steven Palmer. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010. xi + 301…”
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Recognition of Facial Expressions by Seven-Month-Old Infants by Nelson, Charles A., Morse, Philip A., Leavitt, Lewis A.

“…3 experiments examined 7-month-old infants' ability to discriminate the facial expressions of happy vs. fear. Experiment 1 revealed that infants demonstrated…”
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A Social Relations Model Analysis of Parent and Child Play by Stevenson, Marguerite B, Leavitt, Lewis A, Thompson, Richard H, Roach, Mary A

“…Within the context of the family, the dyadic play of young children and their parents is influenced by each family member's own characteristics and by the…”
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Simulating Conditions of Learned Helplessness: The Effects of Interventions and Attributions by Donovan, Wilberta L., Leavitt, Lewis A.

“…We report 2 experiments that assess factors potentially responsible for a proactive interference with the sensitivity of a mother's response to infant signals…”
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The Limited Effects of Obstetrical and Neonatal Complications on Conduct and ADHD Symptoms in Middle Childhood by Wagner, Anna I., Schmidt, Nicole L., Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn, Leavitt, Lewis A., Goldsmith, H. Hill

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The developmental course of two children who could talk backward five years ago by Cowan, N, Leavitt, L A

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