ABSTRACP Interaction coaching was given to 44 depressed mothers who had either a withdrawn or intrusive interaction style with their infants. The intrusive and withdrawn mothers were given instructions either to imitate their infants' behavior or to keep their infants' attention. The results suggest
Depressed mothers' assessments of their neonates' behaviors
✍ Scribed by Sybil Hart; Tiffany Field; Marni Roitfarb
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-9641
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✦ Synopsis
Neonates were assessed at delivery and again at 1 month by examiners and by their depressed or nondepressed mothers. Examiner assessments were conducted using the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Maternal assessments were conducted by mothers using a simplified version of the NBAS, the Mother's Assessment of the Behavior of her Infant (MABI). Examiners rated neonates of depressed mothers lower than infants of nondepressed mothers on state organization. At delivery, newborn infants of depressed mothers were given lower state regulation scores by their mothers than by the examiners and, 1 month later, examiners' state regulation ratings were as negative as those of the depressed mothers. Conversely, infants of nondepressed mothers were given higher social interaction scores by their mothers than by the examiners, and 1 month later, examiner ratings of social interaction were as positive as those of the nondepressed mothers. These findings suggest that infants of depressed mothers may be placed at risk by prenatal influences and by risks associated with maternal perceptions. Perceptions of infants appear to be colored by maternal depression status as early as the immediate postpartum period and, though "subjective," these perceptions are predictive of infant outcomes.
RESUMEN: Los recie ´n nacidos fueron evaluados al momento de nacer y tambie ´n cuando cumplieron un mes por examinadores y por sus madres depresivas o no depresivas. Las evaluaciones de los examinadores se llevaron a cabo usando la Escala Brazelton para la Evaluacio ´n de la Conducta Neonatal (NBAS). Las madres llevaron a cabo sus evaluaciones usando una versio ´n simplificada de NBAS, la Evaluacio ´n de las Madres de la Conducta de su Infante (MABI). Los examinadores colocaron a los recie ´n nacidos de madres depresivas ma ´s abajo que los infantes de madres no depresivas en cuanto a la organizacio ´n de condiciones. Al momento de nacer, los recie ´n nacidos de madres depresivas recibieron puntajes ma ´s bajos en cuanto a la regulacio ´n de las condiciones, por parte de sus madres que por parte de los examinadores, y un mes ma ´s tarde, los puntajes de los examinadores en cuanto a la regulacio ´n de las condiciones fueron tan negativos como aque ´llos de las madres depresivas. A la inversa, los infantes de madres no depresivas recibieron puntajes ma ´s altos en cuanto a la interaccio ´n social, por parte de sus madres que por parte de los examinadores, y al mes de nacidos, los puntajes de los examinadores en cuanto a interacciones sociales fueron tan positivos como aque ´llos de las madres no depresivas. Estos hallazgos sugieren que los infantes de madres depresivas pudieran estar expuestos a riesgos por medio de influencias prenatales y por riesgos asociados con percepciones maternales. Las percepciones de los infantes parecen estar influidas por la
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