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Infantile colic. Follow‐up at four years of age: still more “emotional”
Author(s) -
Canivet C,
Jakobsson I,
Hagander B
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2000.tb01179.x
Subject(s) - crying , medicine , temperament , infantile colic , stomach , pediatrics , developmental psychology , personality , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology
This paper presents a follow‐up at 4 y of formerly colicky infants and controls, with respect to behaviour, temperament, eating and sleeping habits, psychosomatic complaints, number of hospital stays, growth and “family climate”. There were no differences between the two groups in most parameters studied. However, ex‐colicky children displayed more negative emotions according to the temperament scale. There were also more negative moods during meals, and more reported stomach‐ache. Although relationships regarding crying and mother‐infant interaction remain extremely complex, the findings point toward a possible temperamental contribution to the pathogenesis of the infantile colic syndrome.