ABSTRACT

This paper reports on a study of maternal sensitivity in 22 primiparous women and their infants from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sociodemographic risk was assessed through an interview, and videotaped naturalistic home observations were used to assess maternal sensitivity, and its relation with warmth, verbal and physical engagement, and camera awareness. A K-means cluster analysis was performed to examine patterns of risk in relation to maternal sensitivity. Compared to the 15 mothers with higher sensitivity scores, the seven mothers with lower sensitivity scores were characterized by lower educational levels, lower income, lower age, slum residence, unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, and later onset of prenatal care. Whether father was resident did not appear to distinguish between the lower and higher sensitivity groups. The pattern of social-contextual risk for Brazilian mothers showing less sensitive caregiving to their infants provide direction for future research in this cultural context.

摘要

本文报告了对来自巴西里约热内卢的 22 名初产妇女及其婴儿的母亲敏感性的研究。通过访谈评估社会人口学风险，并使用录像自然主义家庭观察来评估母亲的敏感性及其与温暖、言语和身体参与以及相机意识的关系。进行 K 均值聚类分析以检查与母体敏感性相关的风险模式。与敏感度得分较高的 15 位母亲相比，敏感度得分较低的 7 位母亲的特点是受教育程度较低、收入较低、年龄较小、居住在贫民窟、计划外和意外怀孕以及较晚开始产前护理。父亲是否常住似乎无法区分低敏感组和高敏感组。