著者

中島 俊思

出版者

九州大学大学院人間環境学研究院

雑誌

九州大学心理学研究 (ISSN:13453904)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.10, pp.207-216, 2009

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The development of children with NICU hospitalization experience, especially of low- birth-weight infants, is said to be at high-risk because of their mothers' psychological characteristics, as well as the vulnerabilities caused by their own immaturity. This study examined the psychological characteristics of mothers with children experienced NICU hospitalization, at one month after giving birth. "Self-esteem" and "postnatal depression" with which have been proved to affect later development were used as index of infant-mother relationships in "Motherhood Attachment Inventory", egarding "Self Insufficiency", NICU-group significantly showed lower score for items related to desire of closeness, such as physical contact through holding pr eye-contact. On the other hand, NICU-group showed lower score for items of "I know my baby needs me", "I know my baby's temperament", "I know what my baby wants". The results of this study suggested difficulties in early construction on infant-mother relationship in NICU-group and a thus the importance of support for fostering both mothers and children eith NICU hospitalization experience is reconsidered.