Parent—Infant interaction in free play at 8 and 12 months: Effects of prematurity and immaturity

Brachfeld, Sheila; Goldberg, Susan; Sloman, Jone

doi:10.1016/s0163-6383(80)80038-5

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“…This finding suggests that, at least for mothers, it is the sickest infants who are the most difficult to comfort, whereas the healthy premature infants may be regarded as excessively active. While both of these dimensions have been identified in other studies of preterms in the early months of life (Brachfeld, Goldberg, & Sloman, 1980;DiVitto & Goldberg, 1979;Field, 1977), these data support the view that attributing temperamental qualities to prematurity per se may be misleading because such a position does not take into account the variability within the preterm population.…”

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“…First, it is possible that differences in neonatal, biological risk are not strongly associated with persistent patterns of biobehavioral regulation and expression beyond the early months. Second, it is possible that parent report questionnaires are not effective means of describing constitutionally grounded temperamental dimensions (Brachfeld et al, 1980;Vaughn, Taraldson, Crichton, & Egeland, 1981). But even more likely is the possibility that the identifiable dimensions of temperament are not unitary, constitutional givens that exert predictable influences on behavior.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Temperament ratings by parents of preterm and full-term infants

Plunkett

Cross

Meisels

1989

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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This study investigated temperament ratings among three groups of preterm infants, differing by degree of risk status, and a full-term group. Pairs of mothers and fathers completed the Rothbart Infant Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ) when their infants were 12 or 18 months of age. Findings concerning the internal consistencies across the three preterm (PT) groups demonstrated that both PT mothers and fathers found the IBQ temperament dimensions to be coherent constructs, regardless of initial severity and chronicity of their infants' illness. Preterm mothers and fathers showed some differences in their ratings: Median correlation of their scales was .46; and PT mothers rated their infants as more active (p< .002) and soothable (PC .06) than did PT fathers. Although there was only one significant difference between PT and FT mothers' ratings, within-group differences among the preterms emerged. The absence of stronger patterns of differences between PT and MT groups and between high-risk and low-risk preterm groups is discussed.Infant temperament-a construct used to describe individual differences in the behavior of young children-is receiving extensive attention in the research literature

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confidence: 54%

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confidence: 99%

Temperament ratings by parents of preterm and full-term infants

Plunkett

Cross

Meisels

1989

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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“…Greenberg and Crnic (1988), however, found no differences between premature and full-term children on a wide range of measures, including mental development, language skills and parent-infant interactions at a corrected age of 2 years. Similarly, Brachfield et al (1980) showed that differences in mother-infant behaviours during free-play interaction among healthy full-term, healthy pre-term and sick pre-term infants at 8 months disappeared when the infants reached the age of 1 year.…”

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Interaction between mother and pre‐term infant at 34 weeks post‐conceptional age

1994

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The impact of premature birth and perinatal medical status on early mother-infant interaction w a~ assessed in 75 dyads with pre-krm infants divided into three groups. Infants' gestational age at birth and need for neonatal intensive care intervention differentiated the groups: group 1,23-31 weeks with intensive care; group 2, 32-35 weeks with intensive care; group 3,32-35 weeks with no intensive care. The methodological approach was based on observations of the dyads performed when the infant reached a post-conceptional age of 34 weeks (4 weeks before estimated due date of delivery).The observations were conducted in the neonatal nursery during cleaning, face-to-face and feeding interactions. Significant p u p differences were found in infant distress, maternal sensitivity to the infant and dyadic behaviours of positive interaction. G m p 1 dyads showed higher scores or more desirable performance than scores and p e r f o d better than dyads of group 3 , espedly during the feeding situation. We suggest that, in addition to a possible emergence of maternal compensatory mechanisms in the higher risk groups, the amount of dyadic experience after birth affects the quality of mother-infant interaction at this early stage.

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“…They show more negative affect (Brachfeld, Goldberg, & Sloman, 1980), less positive affect (Garner & Landry, 1992), and are more passive and less socially responsive (Malatesta, Grigoryev, Lamb, Albin, & Culver, 1986). Als (1983) described preterm infants as being difficult to bring to an attentive state, and once in this attentive state, they are more likely to become overaroused.…”

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The influence of prematurity, maternal anxiety, and infants' neurobiological risk on mother–infant interactions

Schmücker

Brisch

Köhntop

et al. 2005

Infant Mental Health Journal

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In this study, we investigated how the birth of a very low birth weight preterm (VLBW) infant influences the mother-infant interaction at 3 months. We also focused on the impact of the infant's neurobiological risk and maternal anxiety, and their interaction. The comparison of the VLBW preterm sample (n = 79) with an external full-term sample (n = 35) showed mother-infant interactions of the families with the preterm infant to be more vocally responsive during the interaction, but less facially responsive during the interaction. Additionally, higher levels of maternal anxiety were associated with preterm infants being less facially responsive in interaction with their mother. While neurobiological risk of the infant played a part in this association, with higher risk infants also being less facially responsive, the relationship with maternal anxiety and the mother-child interaction was stronger. How these findings may influence therapeutic interventions is discussed.

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Parent—Infant interaction in free play at 8 and 12 months: Effects of prematurity and immaturity

Cited by 85 publications

References 17 publications

Temperament ratings by parents of preterm and full-term infants

Temperament ratings by parents of preterm and full-term infants

Interaction between mother and pre‐term infant at 34 weeks post‐conceptional age

The influence of prematurity, maternal anxiety, and infants' neurobiological risk on mother–infant interactions

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