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Hofheimer J. 1992. Risk Detection Using Observations of Interaction [Final report]. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 78 pp.

Annotation: Little is known about the manner in which mother-infant interaction patterns may contribute to poor developmental outcomes. This investigation involved an examination of the clinical utility and psychometric properties of an observation system designed to assess mother-infant interaction from birth through the first two years of life. The primary goal of this project was to determine whether or not a measure developed at the former NIMH Clinical Infant Research Unit was successful in discriminating among and predicting outcomes in various risk groups. The findings indicate that there do exist summary clusters of behaviors useful for characterizing several dimensions of the caregiver-infant relationship and that these clusters can contribute significantly to the prediction of subsequent developmental outcomes. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-179976.

Keywords: High risk infants, Infants, Mother-infant interaction, Mothers, Risk assessment, Toddlers
   

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