Abstract Videotaped observations of mother–child interactions in adoptive and biological dyads showed some significant differences in overall quality of interactions at age 2. The differences included both mother and child observed behavior during a free-play and teaching setting. There were no significant differences in adoptive and biological mother’s sensitivity/responsiveness toward their children, which has been documented to be important for children’s favorable social and emotional development. Taking into consideration the late establishment of mother–child interaction in adoptive families and the children’s adverse preadoption experiences, this result must be considered quite propitious. However, there were significant differences in both mother’s and children’s behavior. Adoptive mothers expressed less positive regard for their children in both settings and displayed more intrusive behavior in the free-play setting compared to biological mothers. Furthermore, adopted children showed less positive mood and engagement of their mothers in both settings and lower degree of sustained attention in the teaching setting than the biological children. Notably, the children’s age at adoption was not connected to either mothers’ or children’s observed behavior during the interaction tasks.

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有国际收养儿童的家庭和有 2 岁亲生儿童的家庭的母子互动：异同

摘要 收养和生物对中母子互动的录像观察显示，2 岁时互动的整体质量存在一些显着差异。这些差异包括母子在自由玩耍和教学环境中观察到的行为。养母和生母对孩子的敏感性/反应性没有显着差异，这已被证明对孩子良好的社会和情感发展很重要。考虑到收养家庭中母子互动的建立较晚，以及孩子们在领养前的不良经历，这一结果不得不说是非常有利的。然而，母亲和孩子的行为存在显着差异。与亲生母亲相比，养母在这两种环境中都对自己的孩子表达了较少的积极态度，并且在自由游戏环境中表现出更多的侵入性行为。此外，与亲生子女相比，收养儿童在两种环境中都表现出较少的积极情绪和母亲的参与度以及在教学环境中的持续关注程度。值得注意的是，在互动任务中，孩子的收养年龄与母亲或孩子的观察行为无关。