SynthesisChild development2022
Crying in the first 12 months of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-country parent-reported data and modeling of the "cry curve".
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Role of Inflammation in Infant Colic-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Pooled it
- Crying in the first 12 months of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-country parent-reported data and modeling of the "cry curve".Child development · 2022Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of probiotic mixture Bifidobacterium longum KABP042 plus Pediococcus pentosaceus KABP041 vs. Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM17938 in the management of infant colic: a randomized clinical trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Cast Removal by Soaking Reduces Infant and Parental Anxiety Without Affecting Clinical Outcomes in Ponseti-Treated Idiopathic Clubfoot: A Prospective Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Strategizing AI utilization for psychological literature screening: A comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms and key factors to consider.Research synthesis methods · 2026Article
- Genetic and environmental influences on sleep quality, ability to settle, and crying duration in 2- and 5-month-old infants: A longitudinal twin study.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Exclusive breastfeeding and infantile colic: a cohort study.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Article
- Infantile Colic: When to Suspect Cow's Milk Allergy.Nutrients · 2025Review
- The Maternal Support Framework Studying Mothers' Perceived Understanding and Support During Excessive Infant Crying: Exploratory Qualitative Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Pregnant women's autonomic responses to an infant cry predict young infants' behavioral avoidance during the still-face paradigm.Developmental psychology · 2023Article
- The five "S's" and the "SNOO" Smart Sleeper-non-pharmacological interventions (NPI) to promote sleep and reduce crying of infants: a scoping review.Translational pediatrics · 2023Article
- Infant crying predicts real-time fluctuations in maternal mental health in ecologically valid home settings.Developmental psychology · 2023Article
- Longitudinal changes in attention bias to infant crying in primiparous mothers.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Crying is an ubiquitous communicative signal in infancy. This meta-analysis synthesizes data on parent-reported infant cry durations from 17 countries and 57 studies until infant age 12 months (N = 7580, 54% female from k = 44; majority White samples, where reported, k = 18), from studies before the end Sept. 2020. Most studies were conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada (k = 32), and at the traditional cry "peak" (age 5-6 weeks), where the pooled estimate for cry and fuss duration was 126 mins (SD = 61), with high heterogeneity. Formal modeling of the meta-analytic data suggests that the duration of crying remains substantial in the first year of life, after an initial decline.
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