Bidder R T, Crowe E A, Gray O P
Arch Dis Child. 1974 Oct;49(10):766-70. doi: 10.1136/adc.49.10.766.
Mothers' attitudes to their preterm and term children were examined and compared using the Semantic-Differential and an interview related to the experiences of mothers during pregnancy and after birth. It was postulated that mothers would show more concern for their preterm infant than their term infant, but this hypothesis was not supported by the results. The attitudes of mothers were analysed and the only statistical significance was in the concept strong-weak', which indicated that mothers see their preterm child as being weaker than their term child. The interview material revealed interesting additional findings that there were two specific periods of concern, and also elaborated the strong-weak' concept.
使用语义差异法以及与母亲孕期和产后经历相关的访谈，对母亲们对待早产和足月产孩子的态度进行了研究和比较。研究假设母亲们对早产婴儿的关心会多于足月产婴儿，但结果并未支持这一假设。对母亲们的态度进行了分析，唯一具有统计学意义的是“强-弱”这一概念，这表明母亲们认为自己的早产孩子比足月产孩子更弱小。访谈材料揭示了一些有趣的额外发现，即存在两个特别令人担忧的时期，同时也对“强-弱”概念进行了详细阐述。
