Twenty depressed adolescent mothers were videotaped interacting with their own infant and with the infant of a nondepressed mother. In addition. nondepressed mothers were videotaped with their own infant as well as with the infant of a depressed mother. Depressed mothers showed less facial expressiv
Interactions between depressed and nondepressed Latina mothers and their premature infants
✍ Scribed by Wendy B. Ruttenberg; Karen M. Finello; Anna Kessler Cordeiro
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-9641
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✦ Synopsis
The impact of depression upon mother -infant interaction was studied longitudinally in a sample of very low income, immigrant Latina mothers with premature, very low birth weight infants. Both maternal characteristics and infant characteristics were examined using a rating scale which measured feeding interactions. Results indicate that mothers who were depressed at one month did not interact differently with their premature infants than nondepressed mothers. In addition, infants of mothers who were depressed at one month did not interact differently with their mothers than infants of nondepressed mothers. There were no differences between groups of mothers who remained depressed across the one-year period and groups whose scores reflected no depression or changes in depression levels. These findings challenge previous assumptions about interactions between depressed mother -infant dyads. Results indicate the need to broaden study attention to include socioeconomic, cultural, and life circumstances of families that may have greater impact on child outcomes than single assessments of maternal depression. Such studies may lead to changes in the way services are delivered and the types of interventions provided to non-mainstream families.
RESUMEN: El impacto que la depresión tiene en la interacción madre-infante fue estudiado longitudinalmente en un grupo-muestra de madres latinas inmigrantes, de muy bajos recursos económicos y con infantes prematuros y de muy bajo peso al momento de nacer. Tanto las características maternas como las del infante fueron examinadas utilizando una escala de evaluación que midió las interacciones al momento de darle alimento al infante. Los resultados indicaron que las madres que sufrían de depresión a un mes duespués no interactuaron diferentemente con sus infantes prematuros que las madres no depresivas. Es más, los infantes de madres depresivas a un mes después tampoco actuaron diferentemente en la interacción con sus madres que los infantes de madres no depresivas. No hubo diferencias entre los grupos de madres que permanecieron siendo depresivas por el período de un año y los grupos cuyos resultados no reflejaron depresión o cambios en los niveles de depresión. Estos resultados retan previas suposiciones acerca de las interacciones en las díadas de madre-infante que muestran depresión. Los resultados señalan la necesidad de ampliar la atención del estudio para incluir circunstancias socioeconómicas, culturales y de vida de las familias las cuales pudieran tener un mayor impacto en los 364
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