The influence of temperament on weight gain in early infancy
The influence of temperament on weight gain in early infancy
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DOI：
10.1097/00004703-200608000-00008
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发表时间：
2006-08-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Wright, Charlotte M.
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作者：
Darlington, Anne-Sophie E.;Wright, Charlotte M.
难相处的气质与体重增加快和体重增加慢有关，尽管后者主要是在婴儿后期的研究中提到的对象。目前的研究着手调查早期体重增加与社区筛选样本中所有气质领域的关系。从出生到8周的体重增加进行了评估，在75名婴儿从当地的卫生保健诊所谁表现出缓慢，平均，或快速体重增加。母亲们完成了一份气质问卷和一份记录婴儿行为（睡眠、喂养、大惊小怪和哭泣）的2天日记。从出生到8周的体重增加与婴儿气质显著相关。气质维度恐惧（接受或拒绝新的物体或人）与缓慢的体重增加和气质维度苦恼的限制（负面情绪和婴儿的反应，令人沮丧的情况）与快速体重增加。回归模型解释了59%的方差，气质维度解释了11%。日记数据显示，在恐惧方面得分高的婴儿往往会哭得很多，而在限制性痛苦方面得分高的婴儿往往睡得更少，哭得更多。结果强调，不同的气质领域影响缓慢和快速的体重增加。此外，数据表明，婴儿气质在婴儿早期的身体发育中起着重要作用。
Difficult temperament has been associated with fast weight gain and slow weight gain, although the latter mostly in referred subjects studies in late infancy. The current study set out to investigate early weight gain in relation to all domains of temperament in a community-screened sample. Weight gain from birth to 8 weeks was assessed in 75 infants recruited from local health care clinics who had demonstrated slow, average, or fast weight gain. Mothers completed a temperament questionnaire and a 2-day diary recording infant behaviors (sleeping, feeding, fussing, and crying). Weight gain from birth to 8 weeks was significantly related to infant temperament. The temperament dimension fear (acceptance or rejection of new objects or persons) was related to slow weight gain and the temperament dimension distress to limitations (negative emotionality and the infant's reaction to frustrating situations) was related to fast weight gain. The regression model explained 59% of the variance, with the temperament dimensions explaining 11%. Diary data showed that infants who scored high on fear tended to cry a lot, while infants with high scores on distress to limitations tended to sleep less and cry and fuss more. The results emphasize that different temperament domains influence slow and fast weight gain. In addition, the data suggest that infant temperament plays a part in physical development in early infancy.