Research Simulation


`           I have chosen to research poverty’s influence in infant’s stress/anxiety. Stress, both maternal and after birth effects infants development. While stress is a normal occurrence in our daily lives toxic stress during infancy has long-term effects. The child can become hypervigilant or emotionally flat, the results of over production of stress hormones (Berger, 2012).
There are multiple causes of stress/anxiety in infants one in particular is poverty. I am interested in learning more about how poverty affects the infant prenatal and after birth. I have located several resources on poverty’s impact on both maternal and infant stress. I have a tendency to get absorbed in reading once I find something of interest, so I must focus and stay on task.

Berger, K. S. (2012). The developing person through childhood (6th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.



Comments

Anonymous said…
what an interesting topic! I am excited to see the resources you come up with. I have the opposite problem, I then to follow the readings to other interesting topics, getting totally off task and forgetting what I was originally doing. Good Luck!
November 10, 2013 at 6:07 AM
Anonymous said…
Poverty’s influence in infant’s stress was my earlier choice for my research but I finally decided on another topic.

November 10, 2013 at 8:52 PM
Anonymous said…
I really like the topic that you have chosen. I don't think people think about the stress levels of infants. Birth alone is very stressful for BOTH the mother and the infant. Adjusting to life, I'm sure is very stressful, and experiencing new things can also be stressful. I hope you find tons if valuable information!
November 15, 2013 at 12:45 PM
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