Ronald G Barr
Biographic Data
| ID | 1463788 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald G Barr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald G |
| FAMILY NAME | Barr |
| SIGNATURE | BARR R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Montreal Children's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6192-9003 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prepartum and postpartum mothers’ and fathers’ feelings of frustration in response to infant crying
In this cross‐sectional study performed in Canada, we evaluated the frustration levels of prepartum and postpartum mother and father couple‐pairs. Our goal was to determine if there were differences in frustration levels between mothers and fathers while listening to prolonged infant crying, and further, how frustration levels might differ between prepartum and postpartum samples. Using two discrete groups, prepartum (Sample 1; N = 48) and postpa…
Effects of Familiarity and Feeding on Newborn Speech–Voice Recognition
Newborn infants preferentially orient to familiar over unfamiliar speech sounds. They are also better at remembering unfamiliar speech sounds for short periods of time if learning and retention occur after a feed than before. It is unknown whether short‐term memory for speech is enhanced when the sound is familiar (versus unfamiliar) and, if so, whether the effect is further enhanced by feeding. We used a two‐factorial design and randomized infan…
The Emergence of Spanking Among a Representative Sample of Children Under 2 Years of Age in North Carolina
Spanking is common in the United States but less common in many European countries in which it has been outlawed. Being spanked has been associated with child abuse victimization, poor self-esteem, impaired parent-child relationships, and child and adult mental health, substance abuse, and behavioral consequences. Being spanked as a child has also been shown to increase the likelihood of abusing one's own children or spouse as an adult. Spanking …
La tempête de verglas
Depuis plusieurs années, des études ont démontré que les événements stressants pendant la grossesse affectent le niveau de développement neurologique, de même que le fonctionnement cognitif et psychologique ultérieurs de l'enfant. Par exemple, Mednick (1997) a examiné l'impact d'un important séisme survenu en Chine sur le développement intellectuel et psychologique d'enfants à naître. Vingt-trois ans plus tard, des différences significatives dans…
Physiology, Early Experience, and Trade-Offs
At least 3 dimensions need to be brought to bear on the question of stress and coping in children even in the context of process models. They are the role of physiological regulation in cognitive or emotional appraisals and responses, and of the parents' role in them; the role of early infant experience in later stress and coping responses; and the concept of trade-offs as an element in stress and coping responses
A One-Hour Active Coping Stressor Reduces Small Bowel Transit Time in Healthy Young Adults
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of a prolonged active coping stressor on the transit of a substance from the mouth through small intestine in normal human volunteers. METHOD: Twelve healthy undergraduate males were administered 10 g of the nonabsorbable carbohydrate lactulose in two experimental sessions. In normal individuals, lactulose produces hydrogen gas upon exposure to bacteria residing in the colon. Repeated measurements of breath hydrog…
Infant crying and colic
The “colic” enigma
“Colic” is an ill-defined but common complaint typically thought to be a sign of an underlying disease process or a clinical entity distinct from the crying that characterizes normal infants. In this paper, an alternative hypothesis is suggested. The general argument is that colic represents the upper end of the spectrum of the crying activity of normal infants. However, it is not the case that all aspects of crying will be increased; rather, tha…
The early crying paradox
The “colic” enigma
“Colic” is an ill-defined but common complaint typically thought to be a sign of an underlying disease process or a clinical entity distinct from the crying that characterizes normal infants. In this paper, an alternative hypothesis is suggested. The general argument is that colic represents the upper end of the spectrum of the crying activity of normal infants. However, it is not the case that all aspects of crying will be increased; rather, tha…
The early crying paradox
Infant crying and colic
A One-Hour Active Coping Stressor Reduces Small Bowel Transit Time in Healthy Young Adults
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of a prolonged active coping stressor on the transit of a substance from the mouth through small intestine in normal human volunteers. METHOD: Twelve healthy undergraduate males were administered 10 g of the nonabsorbable carbohydrate lactulose in two experimental sessions. In normal individuals, lactulose produces hydrogen gas upon exposure to bacteria residing in the colon. Repeated measurements of breath hydrog…
Physiology, Early Experience, and Trade-Offs
At least 3 dimensions need to be brought to bear on the question of stress and coping in children even in the context of process models. They are the role of physiological regulation in cognitive or emotional appraisals and responses, and of the parents' role in them; the role of early infant experience in later stress and coping responses; and the concept of trade-offs as an element in stress and coping responses
La tempête de verglas
Depuis plusieurs années, des études ont démontré que les événements stressants pendant la grossesse affectent le niveau de développement neurologique, de même que le fonctionnement cognitif et psychologique ultérieurs de l'enfant. Par exemple, Mednick (1997) a examiné l'impact d'un important séisme survenu en Chine sur le développement intellectuel et psychologique d'enfants à naître. Vingt-trois ans plus tard, des différences significatives dans…
The Emergence of Spanking Among a Representative Sample of Children Under 2 Years of Age in North Carolina
Spanking is common in the United States but less common in many European countries in which it has been outlawed. Being spanked has been associated with child abuse victimization, poor self-esteem, impaired parent-child relationships, and child and adult mental health, substance abuse, and behavioral consequences. Being spanked as a child has also been shown to increase the likelihood of abusing one's own children or spouse as an adult. Spanking …
Effects of Familiarity and Feeding on Newborn Speech–Voice Recognition
Newborn infants preferentially orient to familiar over unfamiliar speech sounds. They are also better at remembering unfamiliar speech sounds for short periods of time if learning and retention occur after a feed than before. It is unknown whether short‐term memory for speech is enhanced when the sound is familiar (versus unfamiliar) and, if so, whether the effect is further enhanced by feeding. We used a two‐factorial design and randomized infan…
Prepartum and postpartum mothers’ and fathers’ feelings of frustration in response to infant crying
In this cross‐sectional study performed in Canada, we evaluated the frustration levels of prepartum and postpartum mother and father couple‐pairs. Our goal was to determine if there were differences in frustration levels between mothers and fathers while listening to prolonged infant crying, and further, how frustration levels might differ between prepartum and postpartum samples. Using two discrete groups, prepartum (Sample 1; N = 48) and postpa…
Psychology (8 works) · Infant Health and Development (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Crying (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Infant crying (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)