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Interactive Behaviors of American Indian Mothers and Their Premature Infants
Author(s) -
Brooks Jada L.,
HolditchDavis Diane,
Landerman Lawrence R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.21561
Subject(s) - naturalistic observation , developmental psychology , medicine , psychology , premature birth , pediatrics , pregnancy , gestation , social psychology , biology , genetics
The interactive behaviors of 17 American Indian mothers and their premature infants and selected maternal and infant factors affecting those behaviors were measured using naturalistic observation and the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory at 3, 6, and 12 months corrected infant age. The frequency of some maternal behaviors changed over the first 12 months. Mothers spent less time holding, looking at, touching, and interacting with their premature infants and more time uninvolved as the infant aged. Maternal education and infant illness severity were associated with mother–infant interactive behaviors and HOME Inventory scores. These findings emphasize the importance of maternal and infant factors affecting the interactions between American Indian premature infants and their mothers. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 36: 591–602, 2013