Effects of maternal attention-directing strategies on preterms' response to toys |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;2. Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China;3. Hunan Plant Protection Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China;1. Sugarcane Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Kaiyuan 661699, China;2. Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, China;1. UPFR des sports, laboratoire C.3.S (E.A. 4660), département santé-activités physiques et sportives, université de Franche-Comté, 31, chemin de l’Épitaphe, 25000 Besançon, France;2. Pôle sport, direction régionale de la jeunesse, des sports et de la cohésion sociale, département sport de haut-niveau, 66, rue Saint-Sébastien, 13281 Marseille cedex 06, France;1. Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;2. Key Laboratory of Coast Civil Structure Safety (Tianjin University), Tianjin 300072, China;3. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531, USA |
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| Abstract: | The relationship between maternal attention-directing strategies in 12-month play interactions and infant response level was investigated for 40 preterm (subdivided into two risk groups) and 20 full-term infants. Mothers use of particular strategies (i.e., maintenance of infants' interests and use of verbal and nonverbal techniques that focus attention, were hypothesized to affect the various infant risk groups in different ways. Results indicated that mothers of preterms used different attention-directing strategies than mothers of full-terms. Mothers of preterms could be further differentiated by the severity of their infants' medical complications. These differences did not, however, adversely affect infant response level. Mothers across the three infant groups used strategies that facilitated infants' manipulation of toys. Discrepancies between the mothers of preterms and full-terms in their use of particular verbal and nonverbal techniques (e.g., questions, attention-directing gestures) can be explained in part by the relationship between the use of these techniques and the infants' developmental level. |
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