The effects of Brazelton intervention: A review

✍ Scribed by Gena Covell Britt; Barbara J. Myers

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 879 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0163-9641
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0355(199423)15:3<278::aid-imhj2280150304>3.0.co;2-4

✦ Synopsis

This article reviews research that has used the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS;Brazelton, 1984) as an intervention. It discusses separately the various effects NBAS intervention has been found to have in areas such as parent-infant interaction, infant development, temperament, and parental attitudes and satisfaction. Inconsistent findings are noted in each of these areas. This article then addresses issues that may play a role in the effectiveness of NBAS intervention, including the risk status of the population, the intensity of the intervention, and the receptivity of the parent. It concludes by suggesting that realistic goals be set concerning the expectations for early, short-term intervention such as the NBAS. RESUME: Cet article passe en revue les recherches qui ont utilise I'tchelle d'evaluation du comportement neonatal de Brazelton ("Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale" abrtge NBAS; Brazelton, 1984) en tant qu'intervention. I1 examine skparkment les differents effets que I'on a attribues a I'intervention NBAS dans des domaines comme l'interaction parent-nourrisson, le developpement du nourrisson, le temptrament, et les attitudes et les satisfactions parentales. Des resultats presentant des contradictions sont notes dans chacun de ces domaines. L'article examine ensuite des problkmes qui pourraient jouer un r61e dans l'efficacite de I'intervention NBAS, tels que, par exemple, le statut a risque de la population, l'intensite de I'intervention et la receptivite du parent. Nous concluons en suggerant que des objectifs realistes soient fixes en ce qui concerne ce que I'on attend d'une intervention precoce a court-terme, en utilisant des outils comme la NBAS.