OSAKA INFANT AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT

本研究旨在探讨安斯威成长情境中母亲情绪与婴儿行为的关系。我们假设母亲的情绪表达方式可能会持续影响婴儿的行为。母亲们被问及她们对婴儿七种不同情绪的表达方式。采用方差分析法对母亲的情绪表达方式进行了计算和因子分析。根据因子负荷，将母亲分为4组：表达消极和积极情绪组（N+P+， N=39）、抑制消极和积极情绪组（N-P-， N=35）、抑制消极和表达积极情绪组（N-P+， N=31）、表达消极和抑制积极情绪组（N+P-， N=24）。对13个月大和18个月大的婴儿分别进行了两次观察。在第5集中，母亲为N+P+的婴儿比13个月大的婴儿表现出更多的情绪稳定性。相反，与第6集陌生人的即时干预相比，18个月大的婴儿比13个月大的婴儿更需要即时干预。N-P和N-P+母亲的婴儿也有同样的倾向。只有N+P母亲的婴儿在13个月大和18个月大时没有表现出任何显著差异。

This longitudinal study investigated the relation between mother's mood and infant's behavior in the Ainswgrth Strange Situation. We hypothesized that the mother's emotional expression styles may be an ongoing influence on infant behavior. Mothers were questioned on their styles of expression towards their infants for seven different emotions. The mother's styles of emotional expression was computed and factor analyzed by the Varimax method. According to factor loading, mothers were divided into four groups: those expressing both negative and positive emotions (N+P+, N=39), those suppressing both negative and positive emotions (N-P-, N=35), those suppressing negative emotions and expressing positive emotions (N-P+, N=31), and those expressing negative emotions and suppressing positive emotions (N+P-, N=24). The observation was done twice time on the thirteen month-old and eighteen month-old. The infants whose mothers were N+P+ showed more emotional stability than the 13 month-old in episode 5. On the contrary, when compared with immediate intervention by the stranger in episode 6, 18 month old infants need more immediate intervention than 13 month old infants. The same tendency were found for the infants having N-P- and N-P+ mothers. Only infants who have N+P- mother did not show any significant differences between their age of 13 month olds and 18 month olds.