Neonatal behavioural assessment of pre-term and full-term infants as experienced by parents.

Aim: The analysis of similarities and differences of parental experience of observing preterm versus full term babies assessed with the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS).

Material And Method: 95 pairs of parents participated in the study, including 33 mothers and fathers of babies born before 29th gestational week, 31 - between 29th and 34th week and 31 - at term. All infants were assessed with the NBAS in the first month of life (or corrected age) in the presence of both parents.

Feeding behaivour problems in infants born preterm: a psychological perspective. Preliminary report.

Aim: The study was aimed at exploring feeding behaviour problems reported by parents of premature infants during the first 12 months corrected age.

Material And Methods: A subsample of families enrolled in a larger, prospective project on psychological and biological predictors of self-regulation in preterm children participated in the study. The material consisted of data collected from 40 families of preterm infants in the first and fourth and then at six and twelve months corrected age.