What is it about?
In a randomized controlled trial we tested the effect of an intervention (the Vermont Mother-Infant Transaction Program) on mother-child interaction at age 12 months. Premature infants recieved seven sessions before discharge and subsequently three at home within 3 months after discharge. Each session lasted about 1 hour.
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Why is it important?
First-time mothers benefited most, showing higher sensitivity than those in the control group. Intervention dyads were more in synchrony, and infants who had received intervention expressed more positive mood when compared with those in the control group .
Perspectives
I think it's noteworthy that, based on a randomized controlled trial, we may surmise that a short contrived intervention program can improve the interaction between first-time mothers and their moderately and late preterm infants.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Effects of early mother–infant intervention on outcomes in mothers and moderately and late preterm infants at age 1 year: A randomized controlled trial, Infant Behavior and Development, February 2012, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.09.006.
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