ABSTRACT

This study used an ethological approach to explore the baby-caregiver dyadic exchanges (Attempted interactions, Triggers, Interactions) of nineteen infants during their first weeks in Residential Care (RC), or a Foster Family (FF) or an Infant-Mother Centre (IMC). Direct observations were conducted at feeding time. Observed behaviours were: baby glances/gazes, dyadic exchanges and dyadic exchanges’ initiator, in addition to the baby’s behavioural repertoire. Descriptive analyses showed that attempted interactions were emitted more often than triggers, which themselves were more frequent than interactions. Interactions took place more often during the post-feeding phase. Vocalizations were linked to the infant’s capacities to initiate interactions, and mouth movements were linked to sustained gazing. Non-parametric analyses showed that, in RC, fewer dyadic exchanges happened and babies showed the least visual attention. By contrast, in IMC, sustained gazes and baby-mother interactions were the highest. In FF, the results fell between those obtained in RC and IMC.

摘要

本研究使用行为学方法来探索 19 名婴儿在寄宿护理 (RC)、寄养家庭 (FF) 或母婴中心的第一周内的婴儿-照顾者二元交流（尝试互动、触发因素、互动）。 IMC)。在喂食时进行直接观察。观察到的行为是：除了婴儿的行为曲目外，婴儿的目光/凝视、二元交换和二元交换的发起者。描述性分析表明，尝试的交互比触发器更频繁地发出，触发器本身比交互更频繁。在喂食后阶段，相互作用更频繁地发生。发声与婴儿发起互动的能力有关，嘴巴运动与持续凝视有关。非参数分析表明，在 RC 中，很少发生二元交换，婴儿表现出的视觉注意力最少。相比之下，在 IMC 中，持续凝视和母婴互动最高。在 FF 中，结果介于 RC 和 IMC 中的结果之间。