THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTENTION SPAN IN CHILDREN OF DEPRESSED AND WELL MOTHERS

本研究的目的是调查（）的发展， 抑郁母亲和健康母亲的幼儿注意广度; (b)母亲对注意力发展的影响及（c）母亲对注意力发展的影响 抑郁症对母亲调节孩子的能力的影响 注意力广度 关于发展的信息很少。 在婴儿期和幼儿期之间的过渡期注意。 在 此外，母亲作为孩子注意力的调节者的作用并不重要。 很好理解，需要详细调查。 注意，像许多 其他技能可能需要至少部分培训。 母亲们，通过 他们与孩子的互动，被假设为提供这样的 训练 他们被假设为吸引孩子的注意力， 通过他们的参与来维持，关于孩子们的反馈， 活动，通过强化。 因为抑郁症会导致 注意力不集中，对日常活动失去兴趣， 据推测，易怒、抑郁的母亲出现这种情况的可能性比 好母亲训练孩子的注意力。 因此， 抑郁的母亲被假设为注意力缺陷。 抑郁症（单相抑郁症）29例，健康妇女29例 和他们的孩子一起 这些孩子在16到44个月之间， 最初的观察和一些已经观察了3年后。 初步分析表明，患有抑郁症的女性的幼儿 注意力持续时间短。

The objective of this study is to investigate () the development of toddlers' attention span in children of depressed and well mothers; (b)\maternal influences on the development of attention and (c) the effects of depression on mothers' ability to regulate their young children's attention span. There is very little information about the development of attention in the transition years between infancy and early childhood. In addition, the role of mother as a regulator of a child's attention is not well understood and calls for detailed investigation. Attention, like many other skills may need to be at least partially trained. Mothers, through their interaction with their children, are hypothesized to provide such training. They are hypothesized to recruit their children's attention and to maintain it through their involvment, feedback regarding the children's activity and through reinforcement. Since depression entails a diminished ability to concentrate, loss of interest in usual activities and irritability, depressed mothers are hypothesized to be less likely than well mothers to train their childen's attention. Consequently, children of depressed mothers are hypothesized to have deficits in attention. 29\depressed women (unipolar depression) and 29 well women were observed with their children. The childen were between 16 and 44 months at the initial observation and some were already observed 3 years later. Preliminary analyses indicate that toddlers of depressed women have a shorter attention span.