scholarly journals Foster Mother-Infant Bonding: Associations Between Foster Mothers' Oxytocin Production, Electrophysiological Brain Activity, Feelings of Commitment, and Caregiving Quality

2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 826-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Bick ◽  
Mary Dozier ◽  
Kristin Bernard ◽  
Damion Grasso ◽  
Robert Simons
Keyword(s):  
Brain Activity ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
Foster Mothers ◽  
Caregiving Quality

Motivating Factors to Breastfeed an Adopted Child in a Muslim Community in Malaysia

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zilal Saari ◽  
Farahwahida Mohd Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Foster Child ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Biological Mothers ◽  
Foster Mothers ◽  
Maternal Instinct ◽  
Motivating Factor

Breast milk is the best milk for babies. Breastfeeding is not exclusive to biological mothers only, it is relevant to adoptive mothers too. Women who have never given birth are also able to produce breast milk by following induced lactation method. According to Islamic fiqh law (jurisprudence), woman who breastfeed a child who is not her biological child will be mahram to her nurse child. Therefore the aim of this study is to examine the motivating factors to breastfeeding a foster child in a Muslim community in Malaysia. This is a qualitative study using case studies and grounded theory. A total of 12 foster-mothers whom have successfully breastfed their foster children by induced lactation method were involved in this study. The method of collecting data is semi-structured interviews. Qualitative data were analyzed using QSR NVivo Version 10 software using the techniques of content analysis, word based analysis and code based analysis. This study found, the main motivating factor for a foster-mothers to breastfeed her foster child is to build a mahram relationship with her foster child, followed by the maternal instinct, psychology, nutrition, technology, offspring and obligations. Breastfeeding a foster child in the context of a Muslim community in Malaysia aims to achieve two objectives: Islamic tenet (syariat) and goals of humanity. Both of these goals are linked by science i.e. induced lactation technology. This study proves that a Muslim foster-mother can apply induced lactation as a way to build a fosterage (milk kinship) relationship with her foster child which ultimately facilitate in their family life.

The Effects of a Systematic Skills Training Program on the Communicational and Parenting Skills of Foster Mothers

1981 ◽  
Vol 163 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald F. Levant ◽  
Paul E. Slobodian
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
Parenting Skills ◽  
Foster Mothers

This article reports the results of an evaluation of the effects of a systematic skills training program on the communicational and parenting skills of inner city, lower socioeconomic minority group foster mothers. A training group was compared with a no-contact control group before and after ten weeks of an eclectic skills training program which emphasized personal development as a prerequisite for skill development. The groups were compared with respect to attending, empathic understanding, facilitative genuineness, respect, acceptance, structuring, use of rules, limit-setting, and conflict-resolution. Dependent measures included rating scales applied to a videotaped interaction between foster mother and foster child, and questionnaires. No significant differences were found on any of the dependent measures. These results are discussed in terms of the need for extended training programs for this population.

scholarly journals Biological and Foster Mothers in Kamba Ramayanam

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Kavitha N.M
Keyword(s):  
Foster Mother ◽  
Biological Mother ◽  
Foster Mothers ◽  
The People

Rama, the hero of Ramayana is worshipped by the people. Biological and foster mothers of Rama, the great are really fortunate. The hero of Kamba Ramyanam was manifested more with his foster mother rather than his biological mother. Thus he had two mothers. Kosalai, Rama’s biological mother was stable in all the situations and showed maturity in her behaviour. Bharathan, who was fostered by Kosalai was also an esteemed gentle person. Kaikeyi, the foster mother of Rama was affectionate to Rama than Bharathan, her own son. But her infidelity towards Rama by becoming a prey to the conspiracy of kūni Mautharai shown her inner love towards her son Bharathan. Kosalai stood in esteemed status as a biological as well as a foster mother.

Observations on the attatchment of marsupial pouch young to the teats and on the rearing of pouch young by foster-mothers of the same or different species

1966 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 593 ◽  
Author(s):  
JC Merchant ◽  
GB Sharman
Keyword(s):  
Hard Palate ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Buccal Cavity ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
Red Kangaroo ◽  
Foster Mothers ◽  
Grey Kangaroo ◽  
Accelerated Growth ◽  
Reproductive Cycles ◽  
Swamp Wallaby

The buccal cavity is modified in young red kangaroos by hemispherical indentations into hard palate and tongue which receive the bulbous swelling at the end of the teat. Attachment to the teat is aided by the formation of ridges on the hard palate and the lateral fusing of the lips of the young. The epiglottis of the young red kangaroo is intra-nasopharyngeal rather than intra-narial as is stated to be the case in other marsupials. Red kangaroos less than 1 day old were removed from the teat to which they had attached and replaced on another teat in the same pouch. A grey kangaroo young aged 13 days was replaced on the teat after removal and was removed and replaced at 7-day intervals thereafter. No difficulty was experienced in replacing 15 young aged between 41 and 100 days on the teats from which they were removed. The following transfers of young less than 1 day old were made: two red kangaroos to foster-mothers of the same species, one red kangaroo to a grey kangaroo, two grey kangaroos to foster-mothers of the same species, one tammar to a red kangaroo, and two swamp wallabies to red kangaroos. All the transfers were initially successful; however, one red kangaroo and one grey kangaroo were lost soon after the transfer, apparently because the foster-parents were at the incorrect stage of their reproductive cycles. The followmg transfers of young 2-25 days old were made to foster-mothers suckling young 2-20 days old: two swamp wallabies to red kangaroos, one red kangaroo to a swamp wallaby, one red kangaroo to a red-necked wallaby, one grey kangaroo to a red kangaroo, one tammar to a red kangaroo, and one red-necked wallaby to a red kangaroo. All the transfers were initially successful except a 13-day-old tammar which failed to attach to the teat of its foster-mother. A swamp wallaby young transferred at the age of 25 days to a red kangaroo showed accelerated growth and early sexual maturity compared to control swamp wallabies raised by their own mothers. A total of 12 inter-species and intra-species transfers of young aged 41-255 days old were made. A 53-day-old young of the yellow-footed rock wallaby failed to attach to the teat of a red kangaroo but all other transfers were initially successful and, in most cases, growth of the foster-young was normal and they were reared to at least the latter stages of pouch life. Young placed in the pouches of foster-mothers were readily accepted and there were indications that the behaviour patterns of the foster-mother were altered so that they responded to calls made by the foster-young. Foster-young of species which have a longer pouch life than the red kangaroo remained in the pouches of red kangaroo foster-mothers for the time usual in their own species. Foster-young transferred to the pouches of other species were usually reared to the end of pouch life if adult sizes of transferred young and foster-mother were nearly equal. Young of small species transferred to the pouches of larger species were often lost before the end of pouch life.

scholarly journals Invariant and Variant Sociopsychological Characteristics of Successful Foster Mothers

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
V.N. Oslon ◽  
M.A. Odintsova ◽  
G.V. Semya ◽  
E.A. Zinchenko
Keyword(s):  
Foster Children ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
Parental Competence ◽  
Foster Parenting ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Foster Mothers

As part of the development of tools for sociopsychological assessment of prospective foster parents, we conducted a factorization of the array of data obtained with a set of diagnostic techniques and identified the contribution of each component to the success of foster care. Invariant and variant characteristics of successful foster mothers are highlighted (N=128).Foster mothers were selected based on the expert opinion of the professional community and trained as coaches of foster families. It is shown that successful foster mothers have a number of characteristics that allow them to raise foster children over a long period of time. These characteristics should be considered as criteria for selecting potential reliable guardians. Among the invariant characteristics are: the viability of family, the dominance of motivation of altruism and self-realization in children, high levels of emotion management, extroversion, consciousness, emotional stability, parental competence. The variant characteristics are as follows: the experience of foster parenting, the intensity of motivation aimed at resolving family and personal crises, ‘replacing’ a child, solving demographic problems, filling an empty nest, as well as the level of emotional intelligence and its components (except emotion managment); personality traits (level of compliance, openness to experience); altruistic investment. The invariant-variant approach enables us to address the sociopsychological portrait of the foster mother in its integrity.

Foster mother rat entrains circadian adrenocortical rhythm in blinded pups

1982 ◽  
Vol 243 (6) ◽  
pp. E443-E449 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Takahashi ◽  
C. Hayafuji ◽  
N. Murakami
Keyword(s):  
Phase Relation ◽  
Peak Time ◽  
Foster Mother ◽  
Predominant Role ◽  
Foster Mothers ◽  
Free Running

Free-running patterns of blood corticosterone rhythm were examined between the fourth and eighth postnatal week in blinded pups optically enucleated on day 1. When blinded pups were raised by intact natural mothers, the peak time of corticosterone rhythm appeared near the time of light-dark (LD) transition, which was close to that of mothers, and then free-ran. This phase relation between mothers and pups showed that mothers entrained pups' corticosterone rhythm. When blinded pups born of LD (or DL) mothers were raised by DL (or LD) foster mothers, the corticosterone rhythm in blinded pups was close to that of foster mothers at 4 wk of age, indicating that a foster mother plays a predominant role in entraining the pups' rhythm. When blinded pups were raised by blinded mothers whose rhythm was out of phase of the lighting cycle, pups' rhythm was in phase with that of mothers, showing that lighting cycle did not affect the pups' rhythm. These facts indicate that the mother nursing pups acts as the most predominant entrainer of corticosterone rhythm of the blinded pups.

Medicine: foster mother of the sciences

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 196 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
W. J. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Foster Mother

Skipping Breakfast Affects the Early Steps of Cognitive Processing

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
Andrés Antonio González-Garrido ◽  
Jacobo José Brofman-Epelbaum ◽  
Fabiola Reveca Gómez-Velázquez ◽  
Sebastián Agustín Balart-Sánchez ◽  
Julieta Ramos-Loyo
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Brain Potentials ◽  
Brain Functioning ◽  
Attentional Processes ◽  
Electrical Brain Activity ◽  
Skipping Breakfast

Abstract. It has been generally accepted that skipping breakfast adversely affects cognition, mainly disturbing the attentional processes. However, the effects of short-term fasting upon brain functioning are still unclear. We aimed to evaluate the effect of skipping breakfast on cognitive processing by studying the electrical brain activity of young healthy individuals while performing several working memory tasks. Accordingly, the behavioral results and event-related brain potentials (ERPs) of 20 healthy university students (10 males) were obtained and compared through analysis of variances (ANOVAs), during the performance of three n-back working memory (WM) tasks in two morning sessions on both normal (after breakfast) and 12-hour fasting conditions. Significantly fewer correct responses were achieved during fasting, mainly affecting the higher WM load task. In addition, there were prolonged reaction times with increased task difficulty, regardless of breakfast intake. ERP showed a significant voltage decrement for N200 and P300 during fasting, while the amplitude of P200 notably increased. The results suggest skipping breakfast disturbs earlier cognitive processing steps, particularly attention allocation, early decoding in working memory, and stimulus evaluation, and this effect increases with task difficulty.

Complexity Measures of Brain Electrophysiological Activity

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Klonowski ◽  
Pawel Stepien ◽  
Robert Stepien
Keyword(s):  
Brain Activity ◽  
Deterministic Chaos ◽  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
Eeg Signal ◽  
Eeg Signals ◽  
Complexity Measures ◽  
Electrophysiological Activity ◽  
Signal Complexity ◽  
Physiological Sleep ◽  
The Brain

Over 20 years ago, Watt and Hameroff (1987 ) suggested that consciousness may be described as a manifestation of deterministic chaos in the brain/mind. To analyze EEG-signal complexity, we used Higuchi’s fractal dimension in time domain and symbolic analysis methods. Our results of analysis of EEG-signals under anesthesia, during physiological sleep, and during epileptic seizures lead to a conclusion similar to that of Watt and Hameroff: Brain activity, measured by complexity of the EEG-signal, diminishes (becomes less chaotic) when consciousness is being “switched off”. So, consciousness may be described as a manifestation of deterministic chaos in the brain/mind.

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