Mothers of high‐risk infants: Is their initial use of early intervention a predictor of later coping?
作者:
Betty Jo McGrade,
Glenn Affleck,
Deborah Allen,
Maria McQueeney,
期刊:
Infant Mental Health Journal
(WILEY Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 1
页码: 13-20
ISSN:0163-9641
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(198521)6:1<13::AID-IMHJ2280060104>3.0.CO;2-O
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractIn a program for high‐risk and handicapped infants that began at hospital discharge, mothers' initial use of intervention visits was investigated as a predictor of maternal functioning 9 months later. Measures included ventilation and advice seeking in the first month and 9‐month maternal mood, coping, HOME scores, and use of intervention. Early ventilation and advice seeking were related significantly to mothers' self‐reported confusion, but not to staff ratings of maternal mood. No significant relationships were found between early use of intervention and later coping, HOME scores, or use of intervention. Results are discussed in terms of mothers' generally good adaptation and the need for caution in drawing conclusions from their behavior soon after the birth of a high‐risk or handicappe
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