In this regard, evidence that there are concurrent relations
between parental perception of infant irritability and parental
responsiveness (Owens, Shaw, & Vondra, 1998) points to one potential linkage
between caregiver experiences of neonatal difficult behavior, parenting stress, and infant outcomes.
Simultaneously, a significant increase in child
responsiveness was recorded, suggesting an improvement in the ability to find an adequate balance
between self - and interactive - regulation and in the possibility to organize affects and behaviors in a coordinated way in order to respond to the
caregiver's bids.