ABSTRACT
A measure of mother-infant synchrony was developed and used to compare the interactions of mothers with preterm and mothers with full-term infants. Each mother-infant dyad was observed during a standard bottle-feeding session on 3 separate occasions: once prior to hospital discharge and 1 and 3 months after discharge. Synchrony, defined by the correlation between mother and infant behavioral rates during corresponding segments of the observation session, was found to (1) distinguish between preterm and full-term groups at 3 months and (2) successfully predict below-average Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) scores at 9 months for dyads in which mother and infant behavioral rates were inversely related. Further analysis identified certain interaction characteristics related to synchromy.
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Infant , Mother-Child Relations , Child Abuse , Female , Humans , Male , Social EnvironmentABSTRACT
Correlations between creativity and intelligence are generally reported to be low. In the present investigation, we examined whether judges with and without art training (N = 40 for each group) would evalute the paintings of nonretarded and retarded persons differently. Five paintings each were obtained from 15 nonretarded persons, 11 moderately retarded persons, and 11 severely retarded persons. Judges who had art training did not differentially rate the art of nonretarded and retarded persons, but they gave significantly higher ratings than did non-art-trained judges to the paintings of retarded persons.
