What do research findings indicateabout the use of social support during labor?

What will be an ideal response?

Social support is important to the success of natural childbirth. Mothers who are supported during labor and delivery—either by a doula (a trained lay birth attendant) or by a relative or friend with doula training—less often have instrument-assisted or cesarean deliveries or need medication to control pain. Also, their babies’ Apgar scores are higher, and they are more likely to be breastfeeding at a two-month follow-up. Social support also makes Western hospital-birth customs more acceptable to women from cultures where assistance from family and community members is the norm.

Psychology

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Which of the following IS NOT a feature of randomized controlled designs that can affect a study's outcome?

A. Assessment strategies B. Participant selection procedures C. Internal validity D. Moderator variables

Psychology

Schaie's cross-sequential research on intellectual development demonstrated that:

there is a decline in most abilities after age 30. individuals improve in most mental abilities during adulthood. cohort differences make it appear that older people are more intelligent than younger people. women are smarter than men.

Psychology