title: The relationship between maternal risk status and maternal sensitivity.
abstract: The relationship between parental risk condition and parents' sensitivity to infants' cues was measured in one father-infant and 59 mother-infant dyads. Parents were videotaped at home, playing with their infants. Systematic differences in interactional patterns were found across six parental risk groups--neglectful, abusing, mentally retarded, low-income, deaf, and middle class (non-risk) parents. Sources of differences are discussed and implications for intervention strategies are offered.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002649:Child Abuse; D003638:Deafness / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012306:Risk; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors