Effect of Maternal Distress on Perceptions of Infant Behavior May Differ in Chinese-American and European-American Mothers and Infants.
Effect of Maternal Distress on Perceptions of Infant Behavior May Differ in Chinese-American and European-American Mothers and Infants.
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华裔美国母亲和欧洲裔美国母亲和婴儿的母亲痛苦对婴儿行为认知的影响可能有所不同。
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10.1097/dbp.0000000000000749
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2020
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Tronick,Ed
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Liu,CindyH;Snidman,Nancy;Kagan,Jerome;Tronick,Ed
目的：探讨母亲抑郁和焦虑症状与观察者和母亲对4个月大婴儿气质的评定之间的关系。母亲通过简短的婴儿行为量表（修订版）报告了婴儿的气质（对限制的苦恼、安抚性和恐惧）。为了获得beverver-rated婴儿的反应，婴儿在实验室中，在婴儿的行为（烦恼/哭泣，肢体活动，和背部的痉挛）coded.Results：母亲的痛苦占母亲的看法，她的婴儿EA母亲比CA母亲，但只观察到的关系的安抚。较高的产妇痛苦与产妇的报告较低的安抚EA母亲。观察员评定的婴儿反应，但不是母亲的痛苦，与EA和CA产妇报告的痛苦在限制。观察员评价的婴儿消极与EA母亲的婴儿恐惧的评级较高，虽然这种协会EA母亲是没有显着不同的CA mothers.Conclusions：潜在的偏见，在产妇报告的婴儿行为，由于产妇的痛苦的影响可能无法概括跨文化，但可能会有所不同，因为文化规范的情感体验和期望的婴儿行为。EA母亲对婴儿痛苦和安抚性的评级，而不是恐惧，可能会受到母亲痛苦的影响。
Objective:This study examined the associations between maternal distress (symptoms of depression and anxiety) and observer and maternal ratings of infant temperament in Chinese-American (CA) and European-American (EA) 4-month-old infants (N= 114 dyads).Methods:Maternal distress was obtained through self-reported symptoms of depression and anxiety. Mothers reported infant temperament (distress at limitations, soothability, and fear) through the short form of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire—Revised. To obtain observer-rated infant reactivity, infants were administered a battery of visual and auditory stimuli in the laboratory, in which infant behaviors (fret/cry, limb activity, and arching of the back) were coded.Results:Maternal distress accounted more for the maternal perception of her infant among EA mothers than among CA mothers, but the relation was only observed for soothability. Higher maternal distress was associated with maternal report of lower soothability for EA mothers. Observer-rated infant reactivity, but not maternal distress, was positively associated with EA and CA maternal report of distress at limitations. Observer-rated infant negativity was associated with somewhat higher ratings of infant fear for EA mothers, although this association for EA mothers was not significantly different from CA mothers.Conclusions:Potential biases in maternal report of infant behavior due to effects from maternal distress may not be generalizable across cultures but may vary because of cultural norms for emotional experience and expectations for infant behavior. EA mothers' ratings of infant distress and soothability, but not fear, may be influenced by maternal distress.