The Impact of Premature Childbirth on Parental Bonding
The development of an affectionate parent-infant bond is essential for a newborn infant's survival and development. However, from evolutionary theory it can be derived that parental bonding is not an automatic process, but dependent on infants' cues to reproductive potential and parents�...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491201000311 |