An Investigation of Maternal Play Styles during the Co-Occupation of Maternal-Infant Play

A Cohort Study of Relations Among Caregiver–Infant Co-Occupation and Reciprocity

“…These relationships are important to consider because co-occupation in caregiver-infant relationships has been theoretically or preliminarily linked to attachment/bonding (Whitcomb, 2012), maternal wellbeing, maternal and infant health (Pizur- Barnekow & Erickson, 2011), and development (Olson, 2004). Evidence also suggests that mothers adjust their co-occupational behavior across infancy (Pizur-Barnekow et al, 2014), which aids in the intervention process with infants diagnosed with special medical needs (Whitlock, 2013). Price and Stephenson (2009) argued that co-occupation is an integral piece of infant/child development, and occupational development.…”

The sociocultural shaping of mothers’ doing, being, becoming and belonging after returning to work

“…For instance, the literature has largely focused on the changes in occupational repertoire, roles, and identity experienced by mothers with disabilities (Del Fabro Smith et al, 2011;Farber, 2000), mothers with children with disabilities (Crowe et al, 2016;Hon et al, 2011;Winston et al, 2010), mothers of children with food allergy (VanderKaay, 2016), and adolescent mothers (Levin & Helfrich, 2004). Other researchers have examined how first-time mothers adapt to the occupational changes related to motherhood (Horne et al, 2005), the co-occupations of maternal-infant play (Larson, 2000; Pizur- Barnekow et al, 2014) and the meaning working mothers ascribe to occupations related to their mothering role (Avrech Bar et al, 2016).…”