Estrategias de regulación emocional materna con bebés en situaciones de estrés: El uso del canto materno

The purpose of the study was to characterize maternal regulation strategies during mother-infant interactions at home in stressful episodes at everyday caregiving activities. Also, to identify if maternal singing accomplished the role of a physiological and emotional regulatory strategy in care routines. The methodological design was non-experimental, with a cross-sectional research method. The sample of 32 dyads (motherinfant) was recruited with a a non-probabilistic method. The participants came from low-income socioeconomic status. Two patterns of maternal caregiving were found: Contingent Regulatory Patttern, and Non- Contingent Regulatory Pattern. As well, the maternal singing was identified to play different functions, among them, a regulatory one in stressful episodes during caregiving routines.