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SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL BEHAVIOR IN INFANCY: A HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT AND A REVIEW OF PUBLISHED STUDIES USING THE ALARM DISTRESS BABY SCALE
Author(s) -
Guedeney Antoine,
Matthey Stephen,
Puura Kaija
Publication year - 2013
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/imhj.21412
Subject(s) - observational study , distress , scale (ratio) , alarm , psychology , social withdrawal , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , engineering , geography , cartography , pathology , aerospace engineering
This article reviews the studies using or validating the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB; A. Guedeney & J. Fermanian, [Guedeney, A., 2001]) within different countries, different populations, and different settings. After a brief summary of the theoretical backgrounds of infant social behavior, the results of the main controlled and methodologically comparable studies are summarized and discussed. Second, the results of some observational studies as well as different models of factor analysis are presented. The modified, five‐item ADBB (m‐ADBB) Scale is described. Finally, perspectives for future research and training are presented.[Note 3. Note that the term mother in this article is ...]