[A study of neonatal behavioral characteristics: The relationship between Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale and infant-perception by nurses].

The purpose of this study was to measure the behavioral characteristics of neonates and to investigate the relationship between these characteristics and infant-perception by adults (nurse). Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (BNBAS) were administered to 45 neonates three or four days after birth. Nurses were required to assess the perception of the neonates who received BNBAS during two to five days after birth. The main findings were as follows: A factor analysis was performed on the behavioral items of BNBAS, and six factors corresponding to Osofsky's factors (1977) were extracted. As for the behavioral items, there was no significant sex differences. Some of BNBAS factors related to the infant-perception by nurses.