TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gerhold, Martin
A1  - Laucht, Manfred
A1  - Textdorf, Christiane
A1  - Schmidt, Martin H.
A1  - Esser, Günter
T1  - Early mother : infant interaction as a precursor to childhood social withdrawal
N2  - The ralationship between early mother-infant interaction at 3 mo old, biological and psychosocial risks, and later social withdrawal was examined using a hierarchical logistics regression approach. A group of childeren (N=20; aged 4.5-8 yrs old) who were stabily socially withdrawn and a control group of healthy children (N=143) were formed. Variables were entered into the regression models in the follwing order: At first, biological and psychosocial risks and sex, followed by mother and child variables separately, while in a final regression model all of the variables were entered at once. The results show that child behaviors (smilling and gazing) as well as maternal behaviors (facial and motor responsiveness) significantly predict social withdrawal in middle childhood. Among the risks only biolgical risks significantly contribute to later child outcome. These results suggest that a dysfunctional interaction pattern between mother and infant may be a precursor of childhood social withdrawal.
Y1  - 2002
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Laucht, Manfred
A1  - Esser, Günter
A1  - Schmidt, Martin H.
T1  - Vulnerability and resilience in the development of children at risk : the role of early mother-child- interaction
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 0101-6083
ER  -