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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The relation between early mother-infant skin-to-skin contact and later maternal sensitivity in South African mothers of low birth weight infants
Infant Mental Health Journal, Volume 31, No. 3, Year 2010
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The relation between early mother-infant skin-to-skin contact (SSC) and mothers' subsequent sensitivity to their low birth weight infants was investigated in a study of 12 mother-infant dyads who participated in a South African randomized control study of early SSC. The dyads were visited in the home when infants were under 1 year. Amounts of SSC were taken from hospital records and home interviews. Videotapes of mother-infant interactions in the home were scored for maternal sensitivity on the Maternal Behavior Q-Sort (D.R. Pederson, G. Moran, & S. Bento, 1999) and the Maternal Behavior subscale of the Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (G. Sumner & A. Spietz, 1994). Amount of SSC in infants' first 24 hr correlated with amount of SSC through the first month. Amount of SSC in infants' first 24 hr independently accounted for maternal sensitivity on both measures, indicating that early mother-infant SSC predicted subsequent maternal sensitivity. © 2010 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health Published online in Wiley InterScience. © 2010 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bigelow, Ann E.
Canada, Antigonish
St. Francis Xavier University
Littlejohn, Marianne
South Africa, Cape Town
Mowbray Maternity Hospital
Bergman, Nils Johannes
South Africa, Cape Town
Mowbray Maternity Hospital
Mcdonald, Claudette
Canada, Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Authority
Statistics
Citations: 48
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/imhj.20260
ISSN:
01639641
e-ISSN:
10970355
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health