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[The quality of body and gaze contact infants with and without regulatory disorder].
- Source :
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Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie [Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother] 2014 Nov; Vol. 42 (6), pp. 389-96. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Objective: Numerous studies have emphasized the importance of body contact for health, regulation, and development of infants as well as for parent-child interaction. Especially for infants with regulatory disorders (such as excessive crying, sleeping, and feeding problems), high-quality physical contact would be desirable. Observations in the context of parental counseling suggest that precisely these infants have a poor quality of body and eye contact. The present study compares infants with and without regulatory disorders with respect to their body and eye contact.<br />Methods: Quality of body contact and amount of eye contact were examined by means of video ratings of the mother-child interaction. In addition, we measured the daily amount of crying, sleeping, feeding, being fussy, and quiet play in an infant behavior diary.<br />Results: Infants with regulatory disorders scored worse in body contact (p < .01) and gaze contact (p < .001). There were also significant differences in most of the diary variables.<br />Conclusions: Body and eye contact - basic communication skills - may be disturbed in infants with regulatory disorders, which could have an adverse effect on the regulation problems. Therapeutic interventions with affected children and their parents should aim at improving the ability of body and eye contact.
- Subjects :
- Education, Nonprofessional
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Personality Assessment
Psychology, Child
Sleep Wake Disorders diagnosis
Video Recording
Child Development
Crying psychology
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood diagnosis
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood psychology
Fixation, Ocular
Nonverbal Communication
Parent-Child Relations
Sleep Wake Disorders psychology
Somatosensory Disorders diagnosis
Somatosensory Disorders psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 1422-4917
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25335517
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000317