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AbstractThe aim of this work was to identify ways of objectifying the course of mothers' represen tations of their babies and themselves as mothers during pregnancy and the postpartum period. A sample of 51 women attending a Family Guidance Clinic for psychoprophylaxis courses was studied using semistruc tured interviews that were administered in the 7th month of pregnancy and on the 5th day and in the 4th month postpartum. This paper describes a method for classifiying themes identified in the mothers' representations of the baby and of the self‐as‐mother as wish‐organized, defense‐organized, fear‐organized, or disorganized. This classification derives from the presumed clinical function of the narrative themes in the mothers' representational world. Themes about the baby and about the self‐as‐mother were primarily fear‐organized at the 7th month of pregnancy. On the 5th day postpartum, there was no prevailing thematic organization. At 4 months postpartum, representations of the baby were primarily fear‐organized and almost never disorganized. We speculate that themes about the baby and the self‐as‐mother that are disorganized may have negative pr

ISSN:0163-9641    

DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<1::AID-IMHJ2280140102>3.0.CO;2-S

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年代:1993

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AbstractInfant sleep problems have become prevalent as complaints of parents to clinicians during the first 2 years of the child's life. This paper reviews (1) identification of multiple etiological sources for infant sleep problems from a systems perspective, (2) the assessment of sleep disturbances, and (3) the applica tion of intervention methods to the appropriate component of system dysfunction. These areas are reviewed by integrating research findings with clinical vignettes from our practice as pediatric sleep clinicians.

ISSN:0163-9641    

DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<17::AID-IMHJ2280140103>3.0.CO;2-Q

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年代:1993

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AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine whether maternal perceptions of infant health and behavior made a unique contribution in understanding maternal self‐esteem beyond what could be achieved from objective measures. The Perception of Infant Health (POIH) questionnaire and the Bates ICQ captured the perception of infant health and temperament. Standard medical variables including the Hobel Medical Risk Summary measured the objective aspect of infant health. The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment (NBAS) measured objective infant behavior. The Maternal Self‐Report Inventory measured self‐esteem. Eighty mother‐infant dyads, which included healthy, middle socioeconomic class mothers of both full‐term, neurologically normal and preterm infants with a range of medical problems were studied. Negative maternal perceptions of infant health and behavior as well as poorer objective health status were associated with decreased maternal self‐esteem. Perceptual variables of temperament and health made a unique contribution to maternal self‐esteem scores. Regression analysis indicated fussy/difficult, POIH, and NBAS autonomic scores explained a significant amount of variance in materna

ISSN:0163-9641    

DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<35::AID-IMHJ2280140104>3.0.CO;2-R

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年代:1993

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AbstractThe study of temperament in infants and young children has been facilitated by an increased availability of measures and a growth of interest in individual difference variables. As an index of behavioral style, temperament is well suited to examine individual differences in adaptation of infants and young children to requirements of the caregiving environment. Given the biobehavioral base attributed to temperament, it may have unique significance in understanding the complexities of adaptation of children whose disabilities are often associated with nervous system deficits. Research and clinical studies are reviewed to consider three questions: (1) to what extent do infants and young children with disabilities differ from their nondisabled peers in behavioral style, (2) in what ways may temperament mediate the adaptation of such infants to environmental demands, and (3) what are the implications for clinical practice, interpreted within a goodness‐of‐fit cont

ISSN:0163-9641    

DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<49::AID-IMHJ2280140105>3.0.CO;2-B

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年代:1993

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AbstractDevelopmental researchers have begun to explore parental cognitions in an effort to better understand adolescent parenthood. However, most research on adolescent mothers has failed to relate cognitions of the mother to the child's functioning. To extend the research on adolescent‐parent families, we examined the association between adolescent mothers' knowledge of child development, parental expectations, and child‐rearing beliefs to their infants' or toddlers' coping behavior. Trained observers rated children on the three subscales of the Early Coping Inventory–Sensorimotor, Reactive Behavior, and Self‐Initiated Behavior. The findings indicated that the adolescent mothers' self‐reports of their expectations for their own and their children's behaviors and emotions accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in objective ratings of the children's coping behavior in the sensorimotor and reactive behavior domains. Adolescent mothers who reported more positive, more realistic, and more mature expectations about parenting, children, and the parent‐child relationship had children who were rated to display more adaptive and effective sensorimotor and reactive behavior coping capacities. An interaction between the adolescent mothers' knowledge and beliefs significantly predicted self‐initiated child behaviors. Implications of the findings include the importance of exploring a “good match” in adolescent mother‐

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DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<61::AID-IMHJ2280140106>3.0.CO;2-U

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年代:1993

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ISSN:0163-9641    

DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<80::AID-IMHJ2280140107>3.0.CO;2-S

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年代:1993

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ISSN:0163-9641    

DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<83::AID-IMHJ2280140108>3.0.CO;2-G

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年代:1993

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ISSN:0163-9641    

DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<86::AID-IMHJ2280140109>3.0.CO;2-4

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年代:1993

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ISSN:0163-9641    

DOI:10.1002/1097-0355(199321)14:1<::AID-IMHJ2280140101>3.0.CO;2-H

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年代:1993

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