ABSTRACT

In the current study, we observed 12 mothers with a 4–21-month-old infant for around 3 hours during their daily activities such as feeding, bathing, and soothing in the multiple-caregiver cultural contexts of rural Peru. Overall, sensitivity levels were high, with an average of 7.33 (out of 9), and seven of the twelve mothers scoring in the high range (scores 7–9), and the remaining five in the good-enough range (scores 5–6). A qualitative description of sensitive responsiveness is presented through representative examples. Notable patterns were flexibility in caregiving routines that allow for very child-centered maternal behavior; mothers’ ability to multitask, combining household and agricultural work with high sensitive responsiveness to their infants’ signals; the presence of multiple caregivers that ensured that the infants were well attended when mothers were temporarily unavailable; and what seems to be a culturally normative tendency to be sensitively responsive to very young children.

摘要

在目前的研究中，我们观察了 12 位带着 4 至 21 个月大婴儿的母亲在秘鲁农村的多重照顾者文化环境中，在他们的日常活动（例如喂食、洗澡和抚慰）中进行了大约 3 小时的观察。总体而言，敏感度水平很高，平均为 7.33（满分 9 分），十二位母亲中有七位得分在高范围内（得分 7-9），其余五位在足够好的范围内（得分 5-9）。 6). 通过有代表性的例子给出了敏感反应的定性描述。值得注意的模式是护理程序的灵活性，允许非常以儿童为中心的母亲行为；母亲的多任务能力，结合家务和农业工作，对婴儿的信号反应灵敏；有多名看护人在场，确保在母亲暂时不在时婴儿能得到很好的照顾；以及似乎是一种文化规范的倾向，即对非常年幼的孩子做出敏感的反应。