Neeley C A
Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1979;15(7):173-200.
The sample consisted of 20 typical Caucasian infants, 10 males and 10 females, equally distributed between the experimental and control groups. Experimental infants were offered a nonnutritive nipple and permitted to suck to satiety at 1, 4, and 8 hours of age. All infants were offered their first feeding at 12 hours of age. Behavioral arousal of all infants, assessed in accord with the Behavioral Inventory for Assessing States (BIAS), was recorded during comparable time periods at 1, 4, 8, and 12 hours of age. Duration of nutritive sucking, quantity of nutriment consumed, frequency of bubbling, and time required to bubble the infant were monitored during the first feeding. The experimental group engaged in behavioral states characterized by sleep or irritability less frequently and in states characterized by alert wakefulness more frequently than the control group. Feeding exerted no effect upon the behavioral arousal of either group. The experimental group required less time to bubble during feeding than the control group. Results are related to early infant stimulation and to the infant as stimulus in infant-caretaker interaction.
样本包括20名典型的白种人婴儿，10名男性和10名女性，平均分配到实验组和对照组。实验组婴儿在1、4和8小时大时被给予一个无营养的奶嘴，并允许其吸吮至饱足。所有婴儿在12小时大时开始首次喂食。在1、4、8和12小时大的可比时间段内，根据评估状态行为量表（BIAS）对所有婴儿的行为觉醒进行记录。在首次喂食期间，监测营养性吸吮的持续时间、摄入的营养量、冒泡频率以及使婴儿冒泡所需的时间。与对照组相比，实验组较少处于以睡眠或易怒为特征的行为状态，而较多处于以警觉清醒为特征的状态。喂食对两组的行为觉醒均无影响。实验组在喂食期间使婴儿冒泡所需的时间比对照组少。结果与早期婴儿刺激以及婴儿作为婴儿与照顾者互动中的刺激因素有关。
