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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2013 Aug;34(8):578–586. doi: 10.3109/01612840.2013.789943

Table 1.

Intervention Components to Enhance Maternal Sensitivity and Parent-Infant Interaction

  1. Infant characteristics and behavioral states.

  2. Sensitivity to their infant’s cues.

  3. Observation of infant competence and development.

  4. Redefinition of the parental experience by recognition of changes in parental role.

  5. Anticipation of future changes in parenting experience.

  6. Increasing parental comfort and confidence.

  7. Overprotective parenting.