CHILD REARING BELIEFS/PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITIES IN MOTHERS OF FTT INFANTS

拟议的初步研究旨在：(1)描述解决问题的方法 在一系列儿童养育情况下的互动，有组织的和 发育不全(FTT)婴儿母亲的非结构化，与 一组身体健康、发育正常的母亲的研究 婴儿；(2)描述儿童母亲对子女的期望 不能茁壮成长的孩子与那些表现出年龄的孩子 适当的身体成长；(3)确定问题的维度 儿童教养中的解决和对儿童教养的期望 歧视患有FTT儿童的母亲与正常发育儿童的母亲 儿童；(4)评估一系列措施的可行性 参与育儿和与FTT婴儿的母亲一起解决问题。 这些信息将指导一项更大规模的研究，旨在确定特定的 将婴儿置于FTT风险中的育儿行为。使用开发工具 测试室。

The proposed pilot study aims: (1) to describe problem solving interactions in a range of childrearing situations, structured and unstructured, of mothers of failure to thrive (FTT) infants compared with that of a matched group of mothers of physically healthy normal growing infants; (2) to describe expectations of childrearing among mothers of children who are failing to thrive versus those who demonstrate age appropriate physical growth; (3) to identify dimensions of problem solving in childrearing and expectations of childrearing that discriminate mothers of children with FTT versus normally growing children; (4) to assess the feasibility of a battery of measures involving childrearing and problem solving with mothers of FTT infants. This information will guide a larger study designed to identify specific parenting behaviors that put infants at risk for FTT. Uses developmental testing room.