Abstract

Maternal locus of control orientation and depression were examined in relation to joint negotiation and coordination of mother-child play at 20 months. Subjects were 51 high-social-risk mothers and children. Mothers completed the I-E Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory prenatally and at 20 months; mother-child interaction was videotaped in a laboratory playroom at 20 months. Tapes were coded using the Control-Autonomy Balance Scales to evaluate maternal control and sensitivity and child engagement and autonomy. Analyses of dyadic play behavior indicated that maternal controllingness was related to an external locus of control orientation. Child engagement during play was related to the resolution of mild maternal depression. Les marques maternelles d'orientation contrǒle et la depression maternelle ont ete examinees en relation avec l'interaction commune et la coordination des jeux mere-enfant a 20 mois. Les sujets con-sistaient en 51 meres et enfants a haut risque social. Les meres completerent 1'Echelle I-E et l'Inventaire de Depression Beck prenatalement et a 20 mois; l'interaction mere-enfant fut filmee dans une salle de jeu laboratoire a 20 mois. Le cassettes video furent codees en utilisant les Echelles d'Equilibre Contriǒle-Autonomie. Le manque de contrǒle maternel durant le jeu etait lie a une adaptation dyadique marginale ou insuffisante. Les patterns en temps de depression maternelle et les marques de contrǒle etaient plus fortement lies au comportement de I'enfant qu'au comportement de la mere pendant la seance de jeu. En general, les profils psychologiques maternaux les moins optimaux etaient lies a des patterns plus negatifs d'adaptation de l'enfant a la mere pendant la seance de jeu.

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