PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 2 August 1980, pp. 176-182
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Reduced Incidence of Parenting Inadequacy Following Rooming-in

Susan O'Connor MD1, Peter M. Vietze PhD1, Kathryn B. Sherrod PhD1, Howard M. Sandler PhD1, and William A. Altemeier III MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics of Vanderbilt University Medical School and Nashville General Hospital, the Department of Psychology of George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt, and the Social and Behavioral Research Branch of the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Nashville, Tennessee

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 care 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.

Submitted on November 7, 1979
Accepted on January 18, 1980




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