Landsem Inger Pauline, Handegård Bjørn Helge, Ulvund Stein Erik
Child & Adolescent Department, University Hospital of North Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway.
Health Research Faculty, UIT the Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway.
Children (Basel). 2020 Apr 23;7(4):36. doi: 10.3390/children7040036.
A randomized controlled trial study recruited 146 preterm born children, either to participate in a modified version of the Mother-Infant Transaction Program (MITP-m) or to receive the usual follow-up services, before and after discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit. This follow-up study investigates whether MITP participation is associated with parental perceptions of child temperament from two to seven years. Children's temperament was reported by mothers and fathers separately at children's ages of 2, 3, 5, and 7 years. Parents in the MITP-m group reported lower levels of negative emotionality in their children compared to the control group. In maternal reports, a group effect (F(1, 121) = 9.7, = 0.002) revealed a stable difference in children's negative emotionality from two to seven years, while a group-by-time interaction related to an increasing difference was detected in reports from fathers (F(1, 94) = 4.8, = 0.03). Another group difference appeared in fathers' reports of children's soothability (F(1, 100) = 14.2, < 0.0005). MITP-m fathers seemed to perceive their children as easier to soothe at all ages as no interaction with time appeared. Parental reports on children's sociality, shyness, and activity did not differ between the groups.
一项随机对照试验研究招募了146名早产儿童，在他们从新生儿重症监护病房出院前后，让他们要么参与母婴互动项目的改良版（MITP-m），要么接受常规随访服务。这项随访研究调查了参与MITP是否与父母对孩子2至7岁时气质的认知有关。母亲和父亲分别在孩子2岁、3岁、5岁和7岁时报告孩子的气质情况。与对照组相比，参与MITP-m组的父母报告其孩子的负面情绪水平较低。在母亲的报告中，一个组效应（F(1, 121) = 9.7，P = 0.002）显示，孩子在2至7岁时负面情绪存在稳定差异，而在父亲的报告中检测到一个与差异增大相关的组×时间交互作用（F(1, 94) = 4.8，P = 0.03）。父亲报告孩子的安抚性时出现了另一个组间差异（F(1, 100) = 14.2，P < 0.0005）。由于未出现与时间的交互作用，参与MITP-m组的父亲似乎认为他们的孩子在各个年龄段都更容易安抚。两组父母在孩子的社交性、害羞程度和活跃度方面的报告没有差异。
