Hart S, Field T, Nearing G
Texas Tech University, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Lubbock 79409-1162, USA.
J Pediatr Psychol. 1998 Dec;23(6):351-6. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/23.6.351.
To assess the effectiveness of a short-term intervention for improving interaction behaviors of newborn infants with their depressed mothers.
Depressed mothers assigned to the experimental group first observed an administration of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) at delivery. Mothers then used a similar instrument, the Mother's Assessment of the Behavior of her Infant (MABI), to independently conduct NBAS-like infant assessments periodically at home. Depressed mothers in the control group were not present when the NBAS was administered at delivery, and they periodically completed written assessments at home of their parenting attitudes and infants' development.
One-month NBAS assessments administered by an examiner revealed that experimental group infants performed more optimally than controls on Social Interaction and State Organization.
Findings suggested that an intervention consisting of mothers taking part in NBAS/MABI assessments may be a simple and cost-effective technique for benefiting infants of depressed mothers during the early postpartum period.
评估一项短期干预措施对改善患有抑郁症母亲的新生儿互动行为的有效性。
被分配到实验组的抑郁症母亲在分娩时首先观察了新生儿行为评估量表（NBAS）的施测过程。然后，母亲们使用类似的工具，即母亲对其婴儿行为的评估（MABI），在家中定期独立进行类似NBAS的婴儿评估。对照组的抑郁症母亲在分娩时未参与NBAS施测，她们定期在家中完成关于育儿态度和婴儿发育的书面评估。
由一名考官进行的为期一个月的NBAS评估显示，实验组婴儿在社会互动和状态组织方面的表现优于对照组。
研究结果表明，让母亲参与NBAS/MABI评估的干预措施可能是一种简单且具有成本效益的技术，有助于产后早期患有抑郁症母亲的婴儿。
