MOTHERS' RESPONSES TO THEIR INFANTS WITH DEFECTS

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Behavioral assessments were made of five mothers who gave birth to infants with defects—A pert's syndrome, a third naris, mongolism, absence of fingers from right hand, and cleft lip—from data collected through informal interviews daily for the first eight days of the infant's life, weekly for the first month, and monthly through three months for 13 observation periods. Assessment behaviors, that is, mothers' appraisals of their infants, increased after the first eight days and remained constant. Contact behavior decreased after the initial eight days, but increased at two and three months. Maternal care activities increased after the initial eight days, but declined at two and three months.

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