Maternal sensitivity behavior and infant behavior in early interaction were investigated among 57 Finnish mother-child pairs. Their interaction was video-recorded at home in free-play situation when the infants were 3 months and 12 months of age, and evaluated using the Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment Scale (PCERA). Maternal sensitivity behavior was mainly related to infant's positive aspects of mood, social and play behavior, and visual contact, both at 3 months and 12 months of age. Even though maternal sensitivity behavior correlated to infant behavior at 3 months and 12 months, infant behavior at 3 months of age contributed to later maternal sensitivity behavior.RESUMEN: La conducta de susceptibilidad materna y la conducta infantil en las interacciones tempranas fueron investigadas entre 57 padres de madres e infantes finlandeses. Sus interacciones fueron grabadas en vídeo en casa durante situaciones de juego libre cuando los infantes tenían tres y doce meses de edad, y fueron evaluadas usando la escala P.C.E.R.A. (que mide la temprana relación entre madre e infante). La conducta de susceptibilidad materna fue relacionada principalmente con los aspectos positivos del temperamento del infante, la conducta social y de juego, y el contacto visual, tanto a los tres como a los 12 meses de edad del infante. Aunque la conducta de susceptibilidad materna se correlacionó con la conducta del infante a los tres y doce meses, la conducta del infante a los tres meses contribuyó a la conducta de susceptibilidad materna posterior.
Sixty-five women (aged 32 - 54 yrs) were assessed at 2 months before to 8 months after total abdominal hysterectomy on four separate occasions. Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), Taylor's Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS), the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI), Measurement of Masculinity-Femininity (MF), Likert scales and semantic differentials for psychological, somatic and sexual factors varied as assessment tools. High-dysphoric and low-dysphoric women were compared with regard to hysterectomy outcomes. Married nulliparae suffered from enhanced depression post-surgery. Pre-surgery anxiety, back pain and lack of dyspareunia contributed to post-surgery anxiety. Pre-surgery anxiety was related to life crises. Pre- and post-surgery hostility occurred in conjunction with poor sexual gratification. Post-hysterectomy health improved, but quality of sexual relationship was impaired. Partner support and knowledge counteracted hysterectomy aftermath. Post-hysterectomy symptoms constituted a continuum to pre-surgery signs of depression, anxiety or hostility.
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