Early Life Predictors of Socio-Emotional Development in a Sample of Egyptian Infants

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 7; p. e0158086
• Main Authors: Metwally, Ammal M., Salah El- Din, Ebtissam M., Shehata, Manal A., Shaalan, Ashraf, El Etreby, Lobna A., Kandeel, Wafaa A., Shaaban, Sanaa Y., Rabah, Thanaa M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.07.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Anemia; Babies; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Bottle Feeding; Brain research; Breast Feeding; Breast milk; Breastfeeding & lactation; Caregivers; Child development; Child Development - physiology; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Childrens health; Communication; Comparative studies; Copper; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cyanocobalamin; Egypt; Emotions; Emotions - physiology; Feeding; Feeding Behavior; Health aspects; Humans; Infant; Infant Food; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Infant Welfare - psychology; Infants; Iron; Iron - blood; Logistic Models; Management; Maternal Health; Maternal health services; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental disorders; Mental health; Neighborhoods; Nutrition; People and Places; Regression analysis; Risk Factors; Social Behavior; Social Sciences; Socio-economic aspects; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomics; Vitamin B12; Zinc; Cairo Egypt; Giza Egypt; Egypt

Emotional problems are amongst the most critical concerns to be intentionally handled to enhance the wellbeing and development of children. To determine the predictors of socio-emotional development of Egyptian infants related to infant feeding practices, aspects of infant and maternal health and so...