Clinical Psychology at Faculty of Psychology, Lisbon University, Portugal.
School of Psychology, Minho University, Portugal.
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2024 Mar;42(2):327-337. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2022.2088709. Epub 2022 Jun 15.
Intersubjectivity is a fundamental dimension of the mother-infant relationship.
Design of a questionnaire to assess maternal perception of the infant's intersubjectivity.
After running a focus group with mothers of infants within their first year of life, items related to maternal perception of the infant's intersubjectivity were generated. These items were applied to a sample of 125 mothers and the results were submitted to principal components analysis.
Principal components analysis (forced extraction to 3 factors, KMO = .752, Bartlett = 976.202, p = .000; explained variance = 42.12%) identified 22 items grouped in three factors: a) F1, 'Interactive Competence' (α = .817); b) F2, 'Emotional States' (α = .749), and c) F3, 'Initiative' (α = .647). Positive and significant correlations were observed among all MPIIQ factors (p ≤ .01). Maternal perception of infant's intersubjectivity varied according to the number of gestational weeks at birth (T = -1.15, p ≤ .05) and according to the infant´s age (F = 7.834, p ≤ .001). Mothers of preterm infants reported lower perception of infant's intersubjectivity whereas mothers of older infants reported higher perception of infant's intersubjectivity.
The Maternal Perception of Infant's Intersubjectivity Questionnaire (MPIIQ) seems to be a sensitive instrument, able to discriminate different levels of maternal perception about the infant's intersubjective competences.
主体间性是母婴关系的一个基本维度。
设计一种评估母亲对婴儿主体间性感知的问卷。
在对 1 岁以下婴儿的母亲进行焦点小组讨论后，生成了与母亲对婴儿主体间性感知相关的项目。这些项目应用于 125 名母亲的样本，结果提交给主成分分析。
主成分分析（强制提取 3 个因子，KMO=0.752，Bartlett=976.202，p=0.000；解释方差为 42.12%）确定了 22 个项目分为三个因子：a）F1，“互动能力”（α=0.817）；b）F2，“情绪状态”（α=0.749），c）F3，“主动性”（α=0.647）。所有 MPIIQ 因子之间均存在正显著相关（p≤0.01）。母亲对婴儿主体间性的感知因出生时的孕龄（T=-1.15，p≤0.05）和婴儿年龄（F=7.834，p≤0.001）而异。早产儿的母亲报告对婴儿主体间性的感知较低，而年长婴儿的母亲报告对婴儿主体间性的感知较高。
婴儿主体间性感知问卷（MPIIQ）似乎是一种敏感的工具，能够区分母亲对婴儿主体间性能力的不同感知水平。
