Interaction of Mother and Child (from Birth to Year One) with Visual Defect from the Conceptual View of Intuitive Parenthood
Abstract
Severe visual defects of the child in the first year of life significantly influenced his/her interaction with the surrounding world. The authors analyzed spontaneous interaction between mother and child (0-1 year) with severe visual defect from the conceptual view of so called intuitive parent behavior.
The experimental group consisted of 20 pairs of mother-child with visual defect, while the control group included 33 pairs of mother-child without visual defect. The method of microanalysis of interactions was used to process 102 video recordings, which were taken under standard laboratory conditions.
The interaction behavior was evaluated by mean of adapted Munich communication clinical diagnostic. The results have shown that mothers of children with visual defect are more frequently affected by disorders of intuitive parent behavior in the area of expressing themselves clearly as well as in the area of regulation of tuning the intuitive parental competence.
It exerts a negative effect on the course of interactions of mother and child and may negatively influence the early psychical development of the child.