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Intervention to improve mother‐infant interaction and infant development
Author(s) -
Crittenden Partricia M.,
Snell Martha E.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198321)4:1<23::aid-imhj2280040104>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , position (finance) , developmental psychology , psychology , infant development , psychiatry , finance , economics
Thirty‐three infants at risk for developmental delay were videotaped interacting with their mothers. Maternal position during interaction (facing, beside, or behind the infant) was strongly related to the frequency of maternal interactional behavior and to indices of infant communication and cognitive development. Intervention to teach mothers to use the facing position showed that improvement in position was related to increases in both maternal interactional behavior and infant development. Because the mother's position is easily assessed, understood, and changed by a mother, it is potentially useful to early intervention programs, particularly those serving at risk populations.