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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Rev. 2018 Dec 14;51:58–69. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2018.12.001

Table 1.

Descriptions of the samples and stimuli in the selected studies. In the first column we only report the first author’s names and the publication year. Abbreviation: N/D=not defined.

Study Mothers
(N)
Primiparous
(N)
Mother
Age
(years)
Mother
Education
years)
Stimulus
Format
Stimulus
Infant
Age
(months)
Stimulus
Infant
Sex (%
male)
Stimulus
Duration
(sec)
Social
Situation
(if
specified)
Part Of
Body
(stimulus)

Atzil et al. 2011 23 N/D 30 12–21 picture 3–6 N/D 120 play head and chest
Barret et al. 2012 22 7 30 N/D picture 3 N/D 3 - face
Bartel et al. 2004 19 N/D 34 N/D picture 9–72 N/D 2.5 - face
Hoekzema et al. 2016 20 20 33 12–21 picture 1 52 1.5 - face
Leibenluft et al. 2004 7 N/D 30 N/D picture 60–144 N/D 1.5 - face
Michalska et al. 2014 34 N/D 47 N/D picture 48–72 85 6 - face
Nitschke et al. 2004 6 6 N/D N/D picture 3–5 N/D 6 - face
Noriuchi et al. 2008 13 11 31 N/D video 16 46 32 separation + play upper body
Ranote et al. 2004 10 3 26 N/D video 4–8 N/D 40 - N/D
Schechter et al. 2012 9 (1) N/D 30 14 picture 22 44 40 - face
Strathearn et al. 2008 26 26 30 12–21 video 7 N/D 2 play face and shoulders
Wan et al. 2014 20 60% (2) 32 12–21 video 6 35 30 play N/D
(1)

Control group;

(2)

The article only reported the ratio between primiparous and multiparous mothers