0 behaving or feeling in the way that a mother does towards her child, especially in a kind, loving way:
maternal instincts
She is very maternal towards her employees.
Her maternal grandmother (= mother's mother) is still alive.
1 behaving or feeling as a mother does toward her child:
maternal instincts
Alice’s maternal grandmother (= her mother’s mother) will be 90 next month.
1999!, we examined maternal and paternal parenting separately and expected stronger relations for maternal socialization.
However, it is important to remember that maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy has other consequences in addition to prenatal nicotine exposure.
Most of the studies examining caregiving have focused on maternal caregiving and have used retrospective ratings.
First, it was notable that we failed to find an association between maternal attachment status and infant attachment security.
Two observers coded maternal and child behaviors on a variety of 7-point scales.
Moreover, these deficits are operative irrespective of maternal depression.
While the primary independent variable in this study was prenatal stress, all of the subjects were peer reared to avoid differential maternal treatment.
Major depression was associated with not being breast fed and maternal emotional problems during the pregnancy.
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