The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between several dimensions of maternal interactive behaviours, and cognitive development and attention in preterm infants. Of special interest was the question of whether high levels of maternal stimulation and activity may have negative conse
Maternal sensitivity, infant temperament, and the development of early feeding problems
✍ Scribed by Berit Hagekull; Gunilla Bohlin; Ann-Margret Rydell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-9641
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✦ Synopsis
Early feeding problems, assessed in maternal reports about general problems and refusal behaviors, were investigated in a normal sample (n ϭ 115) at the ages of 10 months and 2 years. In a longitudinal design, stability of feeding problems was studied. A model for development of nonorganic failure to thrive proposed by Chatoor (1989;Chatoor & Egan, 1983) was used as a guide in selection of potential antecedents to early feeding problems. The predictive value of parent-rated infant temperament and directly observed maternal sensitivity for explaining variance in feeding problems was explored. The results showed moderate stability for feeding problems. Feeding problems at both ages were predicted by interactions between infant temperament and maternal sensitivity. At 10 months feeding problems were marginally associated with an interaction between sensitivity and infant manageability (degree of negative emotionality); less sensitive mothers with less manageable infants reported more refusal behaviors. At the age of 2 years irregular infants were reported to have more problems if their mothers were less sensitive to their signals. The results are discussed in relation to studies of more severe feeding problems in infancy, and the Chatoor model was found to contribute to an understanding of the development of everyday infant feeding problems in a normal sample.
RESUMEN: Los tempranos problemas de alimentación, evaluados en reportes maternales acerca de problemas generales y conductas de rechazo se investigaron en una muestra normal (N ϭ 115) a la edad de 10 meses y 2 años. Se estudió la estabilidad de los problemas de alimentación en un diseño longitudinal. Un modelo para el desarrollo de las dificultades no orgánicas en el crecimiento, propuesto por Chatoor (1989;Chatoor & Egan, 1983) se usó como guía en la selección de antecedentes en potencia a los tempranos problemas de alimentación. Se exploraron tanto el valor predecible del temperamento infantil según es percibido por los padres, así como la observada sensibilidad maternal, que sirven para explicar la variedad en los problemas de alimentación. Los resultados muestran una estabilidad moderada en los problemas de alimentación. Estos problemas a ambas edades fueron predecidos por medio de interacciones entre el temperamento infantil y la sensibilidad maternal. A los 10 meses, los problemas de alimentación fueron asociados marginalmente con una interacción entre la sensibilidad del infante y su destreza de control (grado de afectación emocional negativo); las madres menos sensibles con infantes menos diestros reportaron más conductas de rechazo. A la edad de 2 años, se reportó que los niños con 92
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