Vicente Sónia, Veríssimo Manuela, Diniz Eva
Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal.
William James Center for Research, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal.
Infant Behav Dev. 2017 Nov;49:114-119. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.08.006. Epub 2017 Sep 1.
The first year of motherhood is a period of growth and adaptation in women's lives with several challenges such as identifying the baby's needs and giving appropriate answers, so that mother and baby get to know each other and form a strong bond. Infant massage is one of the approaches that make an important contribution to the psychological and physiological wellbeing of both baby and mother, helping to form a harmonious relationship. This longitudinal study assessed the benefits of infant massage in the relationship between mother and baby, from birth to 12 months old. Comprising 194 dyads of mothers and their babies the subjects were divided into two groups of 97 dyads each. The Experimental group (EG) comprised mothers who undertook infant massage in a postnatal program with a physical therapist once a week. The Control group (CG) comprised mothers who did not attend any postnatal program and did not perform infant massage. Self-reported measures of attitudes concerning motherhood (CAQ-P), experience associated to motherhood (WBPB), parental satisfaction (PSS) and maternal separation anxiety (MSAS) were evaluated. Results showed that mothers in the experimental group were better adapted to motherhood, had greater confidence in their abilities and received more support from their mothers and husbands than mothers in the control group and were therefore more confident in their abilities. The EG group experienced a stronger relationship with their babies and described it as more positive than mothers in the control group. This longitudinal study suggests that mothers who learned how to perform infant massage had more positive attitudes towards the experience of motherhood in helping to increase the level of knowledge, regulation and proximity in the dyad. These findings can in turn help mothers to develop strategies that enable them to better cope with motherhood.
初为人母的第一年是女性人生中成长与适应的阶段，面临着诸多挑战，比如识别婴儿的需求并给予恰当回应，以便母婴相互了解并建立紧密的情感纽带。婴儿抚触是对婴儿和母亲的心理及生理健康都做出重要贡献、有助于形成和谐关系的方法之一。这项纵向研究评估了婴儿抚触在母婴关系中从出生到12个月大期间的益处。研究对象包括194对母婴，被分为两组，每组97对。实验组（EG）的母亲们在产后项目中每周与物理治疗师进行一次婴儿抚触。对照组（CG）的母亲们未参加任何产后项目，也未进行婴儿抚触。研究评估了关于母性的态度（CAQ-P）、与母性相关的经历（WBPB）、父母满意度（PSS）和母亲分离焦虑（MSAS）的自我报告测量指标。结果显示，与对照组的母亲相比，实验组的母亲更能适应母亲角色，对自己的能力更有信心，从自己的母亲和丈夫那里得到更多支持，因此对自己的能力更自信。与对照组的母亲相比，实验组的母亲与婴儿的关系更紧密，且形容这种关系更积极。这项纵向研究表明，学会如何进行婴儿抚触的母亲对母性体验有更积极的态度，有助于提高母婴二元组中的知识水平、调节能力和亲密程度。这些发现反过来可以帮助母亲们制定策略，使她们能够更好地应对母亲角色。
