More Than Maternal Sensitivity Shapes Attachment

Fuertes, Marina; Santos, Pedro Lopes dos; Beeghly, Marjorie; Tronick, Edward Z.

doi:10.1196/annals.1376.037

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“…For this reason, the effect of these factors when dissociated remains unclear. Fuertes et al (2006Fuertes et al ( , 2008 have shown, in samples where economics is not correlated with education, that maternal education affects mother's representation of their infant's difficult temperament, maternal sensitivity, and motherinfant attachment. In the present work, maternal education and SES are highly correlated and, for that reason, it is difficult to support further speculations about maternal education contribution per se on mother-infant quality of interaction.…”

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Developmental and evolutionary assumptions in a study about the impact of premature birth and low income on mother–infant interaction

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In order to study the impact of premature birth and low income on mother-infant interaction, four Portuguese samples were gathered: full-term, middle-class (n=99); premature, middle-class (n=63); full-term, low income (n=22); and premature, low income (n=21). Infants were filmed in a free play situation with their mothers, and the results were scored using the CARE Index. By means of multinomial regression analysis, social economic status (SES) was found to be the best predictor of maternal sensitivity and infant cooperative behavior within a set of medical and social factors. Contrary to the expectations of the cumulative risk perspective, two factors of risk (premature birth together with low SES) were as negative for mother-infant interaction as low SES solely. In this study, as previous studies have shown, maternal sensitivity and infant cooperative behavior were highly correlated, as was maternal control with infant compliance. Our results further indicate that, when maternal lack of responsiveness is high, the infant displays passive behavior, whereas when the maternal lack of responsiveness is medium, the infant displays difficult behavior. Indeed, our findings suggest that, in these cases, the link between types of maternal and infant interactive behavior is more dependent on the degree of maternal lack of responsiveness than it is on birth status or SES. The results will be discussed under a developmental and evolutionary reasoning.

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“…Since priori studies performed with prematurely born infant found that types of coping behaviour predict attachment status (Braungart-Rieker, Garwood, Powers, & Wang, 2001;Fuertes et al, 2006Fuertes et al, , 2009, we investigate the predictive impact of a set of infant, maternal and demographic factors on Positive Other-Directed, Negative Other-Directed and Self-Directed Coping behaviour. First, our findings corroborate an extensive literature that describes the Still-Face Effect (e.g., Cohn & Tronick, 1987, 1989Gianino & Tronick, 1988;Toda & Fogel, 1993;Tronick et al, 1978;Weinberg & Tronick, 1996).…”

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Predictors of infant positive, negative and self-direct coping during face to face still-face in a Portuguese preterm sample

Fuertes¹,

Santos

Tronick

2012

Análise Psicológica

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Past studies found three types of infant coping behaviour during Face-to-Face Still-Face paradigm (FFSF): a Positive Other-Directed Coping; a Negative Other-Directed Coping and a Self-Directed Coping. In the present study, we investigated whether those types of coping styles are predicted by: infants' physiological responses; maternal representations of their infant's temperament; maternal interactive behaviour in free play; and infant birth and medical status. The sample consisted of 46, healthy, prematurely born infants and their mothers. At one month, infant heart rate was collected in basal. At three months old (corrected age), infant heart-rate was registered during FFSF episodes. Mothers described their infants' temperament using a validated Portuguese temperament scale, at infants three months of corrected age. As well, maternal interactive behaviour was evaluated during a free play situation using CARE-Index. Our findings indicate that positive coping behaviours were correlated with gestational birth weight, heart rate (HR), gestational age, and maternal sensitivity in free play. Gestational age and maternal sensitivity predicted Positive Other-Direct Coping behaviours. Moreover, Positive Other-Direct coping was negatively correlated with HR during Still-Face Episode. Self-directed behaviours were correlated with HR during Still-Face Episode and Recover Episode and with maternal controlling/intrusive behaviour. However, only maternal behaviour predicted Self-direct coping. Early social responses seem to be affected by infants' birth status and by maternal interactive behaviour. Therefore, internal and external factors together contribute to infant ability to cope and to re-engage after stressful social events.

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“…Estas reações foram encontradas em 23% da amostra constituída por bebés de 3 a 4 meses de idade. Na esteira do estudo das diferenças da auto-regulação do bebé, Fuertes, Lopes dos Santos, Beegly e Tronick (2006Tronick ( , 2009 identificaram, através de análise de clusters, três padrões de auto-regulação infantil na situação FFSF em bebés de pré-termo saudáveis: Padrão Socialmente Positivo (positive to others direct coping), Padrão Socialmente Negativo (negative to others direct coping) e Padrão Orientado para o Auto-conforto (self-direct coping). Através da análise cluster dos valores totais das três dimensões foram gerados três grupos:…”

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Contributos para a auto-regulação do bebé no Paradigma Face-to-Face Still-Face

Seixas¹,

Barbosa²,

Fuertes³

2017

Análise Psicológica

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Logo após o nascimento o recém-nascido apresenta comportamentos instintivos de auto-regulação que lhe permitem controlar as suas respostas motoras e vegetativas isolando-se de estímulos perturbadores, organizando-se face ao stress e iniciando ou terminando a interação com os pais. Estes comportamentos evoluem ao longo do primeiro ano de vida. A partir dos 3 meses estes comportamentos parecem organizar-se em estilos comportamentais e ter um peso moderado na qualidade da vinculação mãe-filho(a). No intuito de estudar os processos de auto-regulação do bebé e o papel materno na interação, observámos 98 bebés (46 meninas, 51 primíparos, nascidos com mais de 36 semanas de gestação) e as suas mães, na situação experimental Still-Face aos 3 e aos 9 meses. O comportamento dos bebés foi classificado ou descrito quanto à sua forma de organização comportamental (e.g., capacidade de recuperação após o episódio do Still-Face) e o comportamento materno quanto à qualidade do envolvimento e ao nível de intrusividade. Os resultados indicam diferenças individuais na auto-regulação do bebé, das quais descrevemos e apresentamos 3 padrões de organização de resposta subdivididos em sub-padrões comportamentais associados. Estas formas de auto-regulação apresentam uma elevada associação com as respostas maternas, género do bebé e paridade. Os dados deste estudo suportam a tese de que a auto-regulação infantil resulta da capacidade de mobilização dos recursos do bebé e da resposta que recebe para apoiar os seus esforços. Palavras-chave:Auto-regulação infantil, Contributo materno, Still-Face. IntroduçãoO bebé na interação com o meio descodifica múltiplos estímulos que lhe permite, posterior mente, preparar uma resposta e acomodá-la de acordo com a informação prévia, i.e., o bebé aprende a organizar-se face a esses estímulos. Neste sentido desenvolve mecanismos de reação e de auto--regulação para lidar com a estimulação que o rodeia. Estes processos decorrem do seu desenvolvimento e, simultaneamente contribuem para esse desenvolvimento (Posner & Rothbart, 2000). Em 1989, Kopp definiu auto-regulação infantil como a capacidade do bebé manter estados positivos em situações perturbadoras. Ora, nesta definição a auto-regulação é entendida como uma competência da criança e a ansiedade é vista pela autora como a necessidade que permite ao bebé regular as suas emoções para alcançar o bem-estar psicológico e fisiológico. Gianino e Tronick (1988) desenvolvem um modelo diferente para explicar a regulação do bebé. O Mutual Regulation Model pressupõe que o bebé regula as suas emoções de acordo com as respostas externas através de um repertório de comporta mentos que lhe permite manifestar contentamento, descontentamento ou auto-conforto. 469Este estudo foi financiado pela FCT, no âmbito do projecto PTDC/MHC-PED/1424/2014. A correspondência relativa a este artigo deverá ser enviada para: Íris Seixas,

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More Than Maternal Sensitivity Shapes Attachment

Cited by 53 publications

References 7 publications

Developmental and evolutionary assumptions in a study about the impact of premature birth and low income on mother–infant interaction

Developmental and evolutionary assumptions in a study about the impact of premature birth and low income on mother–infant interaction

Predictors of infant positive, negative and self-direct coping during face to face still-face in a Portuguese preterm sample

Contributos para a auto-regulação do bebé no Paradigma Face-to-Face Still-Face

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