Early intervention using Brazelton training with middle-class mothers and fathers of newborns.

摘要: The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness Brazelton exam as a parent education tool for mothers and fathers. 42 middle-class families with firstborn, healthy, full-term infants were randomly assigned one three groups: father treatment, mother control. target parents in treatment groups taught perform on their own infant, attention being drawn infant's most positive interactive physical abilities. Questionnaire observational data collected hospital at 4 weeks postpartum. These included measures knowledge infant behavior, confidence parenting ability, satisfaction behavior infant. results showed that scored higher about infants, both early 4-week periods. Also, fathers more involved caretaking than control More modest effects shown measures. No behavioral found during 10-min observation parent-infant interaction.