Reduced Incidence of Parenting Inadequacy Following Rooming-in
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-10-1980
Abstract
Low-income mother-infant pairs were randomly assigned to rooming-in (N = 143) or to routine (N = 158) postpartum contact to determine whether rooming-in affects subsequent adequacy in parenting. At mean age 17 months, two rooming-in and ten control children had experienced inadequate parenting. One rooming-in and eight control children were hospitalized for these problems. One rooming-in and five control families were reported to Protective Services for mistreatment of the study child; five control and no rooming-in children were in the case of adults other than their parents at the time of data analysis. In this study, rooming-in correlated with fewer subsequent cases of parenting inadequacy.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
O'Connor, Susan M.; Vietze, Peter; Sherrod, Kathyrn B.; Sandler, Howard; and Altemeier III, William A., "Reduced Incidence of Parenting Inadequacy Following Rooming-in" (1980). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 409.
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