Abstract
The quality of mother-infant interaction in a sample of 25 drug-addicted mothers and their infants was measured over the first 9 postnatal months. Interaction quality was assessed at 1, 4, 6, and 9 months in feeding and teaching contexts using the Nursing Child Assessment Feeding and Teaching Scales. At each month, maternal and infant totals in this sample were below the 10th percentile established for the normative population. Over time, infant interaction in both feeding and teaching contexts improved, whereas maternal interaction remained unchanged. Even with this improvement in interaction quality for the infants, the mean scores for the sample remained in the high-risk range. In general, the results of this study indicate that in drug-affected dyads, both mother and infant contribute to impaired interaction quality. These deficits appear early and persist through 9 postnatal months, appearing in feeding and teaching contexts.
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