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Investigating Baby Behavior and Family Technology Use Study

Maternal Technology Use During Feeding and Infant Self-Regulation and Growth

Who can join

All ages · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Eligibility Criteria

At the time of recruitment, eligibility criteria for participants will include:

* 18 years of age or older
* In 3rd trimester of singleton pregnancy
* History of healthy, low-risk pregnancy
* Lives within 50 miles of the Cal Poly campus
* Owns a mobile device

After the child is born, eligibility criteria for participants will remain in the study will include:

* Infant was born term (gestational age ≥37 weeks) Exclusion criteria include
* Mother has an untreated medical or psychiatric condition (e.g. bipolar disorder) that could impede study participation or affect mother-infant interaction
* Mother is participating in another interventional study that influences parenting, mother-infant interactions, feeding practices, or technology use
* The mother is unwilling or unable to commit to longitudinal follow-ups of herself or her child
* Infant was born preterm (gestational age \<37 weeks)
* Infant diagnosed with fetal abnormality or medical condition that interferes with oral feeding (e.g., feeding disorder, milk protein allergy) or development
* Infant diagnosed with developmental delay (e.g., Down's syndrome)

About the study

Maternal sensitivity and contingent responsiveness to infant behavioral cues is an important contributor to infants' developing capacities to self-regulate. During early infancy, feeding interactions comprise a significant portion of mother-infant dyadic interactions and high-quality feeding interactions provide both nutritive and socioemotional benefits; recent data suggest that, for many dyads, mothers' sensitive responsiveness during feeding interactions is routinely impacted by the omnipresence of portable technology. The objective of the proposed research is to better understand the development and possible impacts of maternal technology use on infant feeding interactions, emotion and intake regulation, and sociobehavioral and growth outcomes.

What is being tested

• Technology Use during Feeding Conditions (behavioral)

Sponsor: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · Participants: 345 · Started: Jan 16, 2023

Contact the study team

• Alison K Ventura, PhD · Phone: (805) 756-5693
• Stephanie Lechuga, MS · Phone: (805) 756-5654

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05781100

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.