DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS & MOTHER-INFANT INTERACTION

这是一项干预前研究。其具体目标是：(1)提供和 比较照顾行为、情感和社交的详细描述 患有高度抑郁症状的母亲与 有抑郁症状的母亲；(2)描述和 比较两组母亲的照顾方式对其子女的影响 婴儿在出生后第一年的行为和情感； 评估针对小学生的干预技术的可行性 根据该项目的发现进行预防。主要假设 需要评估的是，母亲的照顾风格具有较高的 抑郁症状会损害婴儿的情感和社交能力 发展。为了实现这些目标，50名母亲的体内 抑郁症状将与50名低水平的母亲进行比较 通过自我报告的方法评估的症状学。除了压抑 从症状上看，所有其他患者都将符合一套低风险标准。 在婴儿3个月、6个月和2个月时进行重复观察。 关于母亲和婴儿在家中的互动。另外， 在12个月时，婴儿的依恋安全性将在 安斯沃思奇怪情境与幼儿游戏互动 陌生人将接受评估。这些家庭观察和实验室 观察将被录下来。结果将被用于开发 初级预防技术。

This is a preintervention study. Its specific aims are: (1) to provide and compare detailed descriptions of the caregiving behavior, affect and social interactions of mothers with high levels of depressive symptomatology and mothers with low levels of depressive symptomatology; (2) to describe and compare the impact f the caregiving of the two groups of mothers on their infants' behavior and affect during the first year of life; and (3) to evaluate the feasibility of intervention techniques aimed at primary prevention based on the findings from this project. The primary hypothesis to be evaluated is that the caregiving style of mothers with high levels of depressive symptomatology compromises their infants' affective and social development. To accomplish these aims, 50 mothers with high levels of depressive symptomatology will be compared to 50 mothers with low levels of symptomatology as assessed by a self-report measure. Aside from depressive symptomatology all the others will meet a set of low risk criteria. Repeated observations at 3, 6, and 2 months of infant age will be carried out on the interactions of the mothers and infants at home. Additionally, at 12 months the infants' security of attachment will be assessed in the Ainsworth Strange Situation and the infants' play interaction with a stranger will be evaluated. These home observations and the laboratory observations ill be videotaped. The results will then be used to develop primary prevention techniques.