The relationship between maternal risk status and maternal sensitivity.
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 54 (2) , 250-262
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01492.x
Abstract
The relationship between parental risk condition and parents' sensitivity to infants' cues was measured in one father-infant and 59 mother-infant dyads. Parents were videotaped at home, playing with their infants. Systematic differences in interactional patterns were found across six parental risk groups--neglectful, abusing, mentally retarded, low-income, deaf, and middle class (non-risk) parents. Sources of differences are discussed and implications for intervention strategies are offered.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Science Foundation (BNS-8023114)
- Charlottesville-Albemarle Association for Retarded Citizens
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