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Document type
Journal articles

Document subtype
Full paper

Title
The impact of low birthweight in infant patterns of regulatory behavior, mother-infant quality of interaction, and attachment

Participants in the publication
Marina Fuertes (Author)
FACULDADE DE PSICOLOGIA E CIÊNCIAS DA EDUCAÇÃO DA UP
 ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE EDUCAÇÃO DE LISBOA
 INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA
 Sandra Antunes (Author)
Inês Martelo (Author)
Francisco Dionisio (Author)
Dep. Biologia Vegetal
 cE3c
Summary
It remains unclear whether infants born preterm are more likely to develop an insecure attachment with their mothers. In this study, instead of using gestational age criteria, we observe attachment in infants born with very low birthweight. Although the collinearity between gestational age and birthweight is high, infants born with very low birthweight for their gestational age tend to stay more days in NICU and to have more comorbidities than other infants with the same gestational age. Thus, we wonder about the impact of low gestational birth (per se) in infants' regulatory behavior, the quality of mother-infant interactions, and attachment security. The participants are 71 infants' weight lower than 1599 g of gestational weight (varying between 23 and 34 weeks of gestational) and their mothers. Dyads were observed in free play and during Face to Face Still-Face paradigm with infants at 3 months of corrected age. At 12 months of corrected age, mother-infant attachment was observed during Strange Situation. Results indicate that infants with low/very low gestational birthweight have high levels of insecure attachment (70 %) and non-positive patterns of regulatory behavior (64 %). Maternal and infant interactive behavior is highly associated with infant attachment. In turn, maternal interactive behavior is associated with gestational age, birthweight, and number of days in NICU.

Date of Publication
2022-09

Institution
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Where published
Early Human Development

Publication Identifiers
ISSN - 0378-3782

Publisher
Elsevier BV

Volume
172

Starting page
105633

Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105633
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105633

Rankings
SCIMAGO Q1 (2019) - 0.791 - Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health


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APA
Marina Fuertes, Sandra Antunes, Inês Martelo, Francisco Dionisio, (2022). The impact of low birthweight in infant patterns of regulatory behavior, mother-infant quality of interaction, and attachment. Early Human Development, 172, ISSN 0378-3782. eISSN . http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105633

IEEE
Marina Fuertes, Sandra Antunes, Inês Martelo, Francisco Dionisio, "The impact of low birthweight in infant patterns of regulatory behavior, mother-infant quality of interaction, and attachment" in Early Human Development, vol. 172, 2022. 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105633

BIBTEX
@article{56480, author = {Marina Fuertes and Sandra Antunes and Inês Martelo and Francisco Dionisio}, title = {The impact of low birthweight in infant patterns of regulatory behavior, mother-infant quality of interaction, and attachment}, journal = {Early Human Development}, year = 2022, volume = 172 }