Parents?? Perceptions of Their Newborn Following Structured Interactions

A Review of Nursing Interventions to Foster Becoming a Mother

“…These interventions were effective in promoting more sensitive, reciprocal mother‐infant interactions in at‐risk populations, such as mothers of preterm infants (Riesch & Munns, 1984; White‐Traut & Nelson, 1988) and low‐income Black mothers (Poley‐Strobel & Beckmann, 1987), but not with a largely minority group of adolescents (Koniak‐Griffin, Anderson, Verzemnieks, & Brecht, 2000). Interactional interventions were associated with increased mother‐infant interactive skills during the first 2 weeks (Anderson, 1981; Furr & Kirgis, 1982; Poley‐Strobel & Beckmann), promoting short‐term positive perceptions of their infants (Perry, 1983), and knowledge of infant’s behavioral capabilities at 1 month (Golas & Parks, 1986). However, there was no increase in the intervention groups’ maternal confidence (Golas & Parks; Poley‐Strobel & Beckmann), competence (Flagler, 1988), or ease of transition to the maternal role (Brouse, 1988) scores.…”

“…No signifi cant effects of pretesting (i.e., being observed during an early infant-feeding episode) were evident. Perry, 1983 ; Synthesis of literature 57 primiparous women (and their husbands) (no data on ethnicity given)…”

Mothers’ Perceptions of Young Children, Parenting, and Young Children's Behavior Problems

“…Thus, gaining an understanding of variables that are related to young children's behavior problems can have important implications for improving the lives of these RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PERCEPTIONS, PARENTING BEHAVIORS, AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS Although research suggests that mothers' perceptions, parenting behaviors, and ratings of young children's behavior problems demonstrate significant relationships, these relationships only have been examined individually, rather than collectively. For example, with regard to mothers' perceptions, mothers' mental representations and perceptions may be related to their expectations for themselves (Perry, 1983) and to their interactions with their young children.…”

Controle da ansiedade materna de bebê pré-termo via contato lúdico-gráfico

“…Os dados relativos ao IPN-I revelaram que 75% das mães estudadas demonstraram ter uma percepção positiva quanto à evolução psicofuncional de seus bebês, o que tem uma significação prognóstica favorável, uma vez que pesquisadores (Perry, 1983) que utilizaram o IPN-I comprovaram que quando o bebê é percebido de forma negativa pela mãe, aumenta a possibilidade de que ele venha a apresentar comprometimento emocional ao longo do desenvolvimento.…”

“…Broussard e Hartner (1971) levantaram critérios rigorosos para verificar o alto grau de validade do instrumento, comprovando que este inventário tem grande utilidade no registro da percepção materna no período neonatal. Pesquisas (Gasparetto, 1998;Perry, 1983) têm utilizado o IPN-I, inclusive estudando sua associação com o desenvolvimento emocional do bebê.…”