Author's Keywords: development of motherhood, learning program, first-hand learning about infants, psychological, physiological, and endocrinological evaluation	Convention All Academic Convention is the premier solution for your association's abstract management solutions needs. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
Association: Name: XVth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies URL: http://www.isisweb.org
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Sasaki, Ayako., Nakai, Akio., Matsuki, Ken-ichi. and Tanabe, Michiko. "Fundamental study of “Development of Motherhood” learning program -Psychological, physiological, and endocrinological evaluations of first-hand learning about infants-" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the XVth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Westin Miyako, Kyoto, Japan, Jun 19, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p93993_index.html>

Sasaki, A. , Nakai, A. , Matsuki, K. and Tanabe, M. , 2006-06-19 "Fundamental study of “Development of Motherhood” learning program -Psychological, physiological, and endocrinological evaluations of first-hand learning about infants-" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the XVth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Westin Miyako, Kyoto, Japan <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p93993_index.html

Publication Type: Individual Poster Abstract: Aims：To identify the psychological, physiological, and endocrinological effects of first-hand learning about infants. Methods：Five young single male adults and five young single female adults (a total of ten) experienced first-hand learning about infants with one baby as a main learning subject for four months, once a week, for two to three hours at a time in a nursery school. All infants were about the same age. In order to obtain differences in the degree of motherhood development, questionnaires were given to the participants and a video of crying and laughing faces of the infants, which was intended to stimulate an understanding of motherhood development, was shown to the participants before and after their learning experience for psychological, physiological, and endocrinological evaluation purposes. The study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by the Ethical Committee of University of Fukui. Written informed consents were obtained from all the participants before study. Results：Based on The scale of readiness of motherhood, the participants’ positive affection towards the infants significantly increased after the experience of first-hand learning than before the experience (p<0.05). Based on the scale of affection towards babies’ development, the participants’ negative affection towards infants significantly decreased after the experience compared to before the experience (p<0.05). Endocrinologically, the participants’ cortisol in saliva significantly decreased after the experience compared to before the experience (p<0.05). Discussions：Based on the accumulation of learning experience and the development of relationships with babies, it is clearly identified that continuous first-hand learning about infants is positively effective for the development of motherhood. Acknowledgements This study was supported, in part, by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 17592240 from the JSPS.

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