title: A LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION OF TODDLERS' BEHAVIORAL CUES AS A FUNCTION OF SUBSTANCE-ABUSING MOTHERS' DISENGAGEMENT.
abstract: As a group, substance-abusing parents are at risk for maladaptive parenting. The association between substance abuse and parenting may result, in part, from parents' emotional disengagement from the parent-child relationship, which makes perceiving and responding to children's cues more challenging. In this study, we examined whether substance-abusing mothers' levels of disengagement from their relationship with their children (ages 2-44 months), operationalized in two different ways using parenting narratives (representational and linguistic disengagement), prospectively predicted children's engagement and disengagement cues during a structured mother-child interaction. Within a sample of 29 mothers, we tested the hypotheses that greater maternal disengagement at Time 1 would predict a decrease in children's engagement and an increase in children's disengagement at Time 2. Results indicated that representational disengagement predicted a decrease in children's engagement cues whereas linguistic disengagement predicted an increase in children's disengagement cues. Results provide partial support for a reciprocal, iterative process in which mothers and children mutually adjust their emotional and behavioral disengagement with one another.
authors.affiliation: Pomona College.
authors.forename: Hannah F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.affiliation: Pomona College.
authors.forename: Jessica L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Borelli
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Decoste
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center.
authors.forename: Nancy E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Suchman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003463:Cues; D004505:Education, Nonprofessional / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Einfühlungsvermögen; Interaction mère-enfant; Mutter-Kind-Interaktion; Rückzug; Substanzmissbrauch; abuso de sustancia; behavioral cues; behaviorale Signale; desconexión; disengagement; désengagement; interacción madre-niño; mother-child interaction; sensibilidad; sensibilité; sensitivity; señales de conducta; signes du comportement; substance abuse; toxicomanie; 感受性; 抽離; 敏感度; 母子互動; 母子相互交流; 濫用藥物; 物質乱用; 行動的合図; 行為線索; 離脱