TY - JOUR
T1 - Transactional relationships between perceived family style, risk status, and mother-child interactions in two-year-olds
AU - Crnic, Keith A.
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
N1 - Funding Information:
'Order of authorship is arbitrary with both authors equally contributing to the manuscript. This research was supported by the U.S. Public Health Service, Maternal and Child Health Services research grant MC-R-530431. We are grateful to the mothers and infants who participated in this study, and for the invaluable help of our research assistants: Ann Ooedkin, Sara Pen-nak, Bob Basham, Nancy Slough, Jacquie Erickson, and Hester Buell. 2All correspondence should be sent to Keith A. Crnic, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 612 Moore Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802.
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1987/9
Y1 - 1987/9
N2 - Groups of mother-preterm (N=26) and mother-full-term (N=34) infant pairs were followed longitudinally from 1 to 24 months corrected age. Measures of maternal attitudes, psychosocial factors, and family demographics were collected at 1, 8, and 18 months, mother-infant behavioral interactions were observed at 4, 8, 12, and 24 months, and infant developmental assessments were conducted at 4, 12, and 24 months. At 24 months, mothers' perception of their family systems was assessed. Results indicated that groups of mother-preterm and mother-full-term infants did not differ in perception of family style or in behavioral interactions at age 2. Correlations between family style and mother-infant behavior at age 2, however, indicated that family style was related significantly more often to measures of mother preterm interaction than mother-full-term interaction. Early maternal attitudes, psychosocialfactors (e.g., social support), and behavioral interactions were related to family style at age 2 for both groups, although again relationships were more often found in the preterm groups. The results are discussed within a transactional framework, suggesting the differential importance of family functioning to high-risk infant development and parent-child relationships. The results also suggest that certain social con texts are specifically related to the development of the family system in both risk and nonrisk groups.
AB - Groups of mother-preterm (N=26) and mother-full-term (N=34) infant pairs were followed longitudinally from 1 to 24 months corrected age. Measures of maternal attitudes, psychosocial factors, and family demographics were collected at 1, 8, and 18 months, mother-infant behavioral interactions were observed at 4, 8, 12, and 24 months, and infant developmental assessments were conducted at 4, 12, and 24 months. At 24 months, mothers' perception of their family systems was assessed. Results indicated that groups of mother-preterm and mother-full-term infants did not differ in perception of family style or in behavioral interactions at age 2. Correlations between family style and mother-infant behavior at age 2, however, indicated that family style was related significantly more often to measures of mother preterm interaction than mother-full-term interaction. Early maternal attitudes, psychosocialfactors (e.g., social support), and behavioral interactions were related to family style at age 2 for both groups, although again relationships were more often found in the preterm groups. The results are discussed within a transactional framework, suggesting the differential importance of family functioning to high-risk infant development and parent-child relationships. The results also suggest that certain social con texts are specifically related to the development of the family system in both risk and nonrisk groups.
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U2 - 10.1093/jpepsy/12.3.343
DO - 10.1093/jpepsy/12.3.343
M3 - Article
C2 - 3681601
AN - SCOPUS:0023414590
SN - 0146-8693
VL - 12
SP - 343
EP - 362
JO - Journal of pediatric psychology
JF - Journal of pediatric psychology
IS - 3
ER -