MATERNAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH ADOPTED AND BIRTH INFANTS

Autor:	Charles W Ralston, Marilyn M Chan, Gary M. Chan, Kaye Coleman, Carol A. Kirgis
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Inter-rater reliability business.industry Random assignment education Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Mother infant Mean age business Developmental psychology Dyad
Zdroj:	Pediatric Research. 21:179A-179A
ISSN:	1530-0447 0031-3998
DOI:	10.1203/00006450-198704010-00080
Popis:	The purpose of this study was a) to investigate the effects of teaching mothers unique behavioral cues of their adopted infant and b) to learn if there is a difference between mothering of adopted and birth infants. A pretest, post-test experimental prospective design was used with random assignment of mother-adopted infant dyads. Dyads were randomized into experimental and non-experimental groups. Infants were tested using Massie's “Mother infant Attachment Indicators During Stress”. A teaching session of specific behavioral cues was given to only the experimental group. Post-test scoring was evaluated by a blind observer; interrater reliability agreement was 0.90. Mean age of the 17 adoptive mothers was 33±4 years; of the adopted infants was 11±9 weeks. Age matched birth mothers formed the control group. The mean age of the 13 birth mothers was 31±5 years; of the birth infants was 8±9 weeks. Differences demonstrated between birth and adopted dyads were: affect (p
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