A Study of a Mothers'Reaction to Infant Cries

The present study is undertaken to investigate how mothers felt when they heard the cries of their babies (within one week and one month after birth) and what actions they took. The subjects of this study were 16 women who delivered normal neonates at a private clinic in Ishikawa Prefecture. How the...

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Published inJournal of Japan Academy of Midwifery Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 32 - 44
Main Author TABUCHI, Noriko
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Abstract The present study is undertaken to investigate how mothers felt when they heard the cries of their babies (within one week and one month after birth) and what actions they took. The subjects of this study were 16 women who delivered normal neonates at a private clinic in Ishikawa Prefecture. How these mothers dealt with the cries of their babies was investigated by means of an interview, which was carried out in a semi-controlled method. The interviews were recorded on tape with each mother's consent. The interviews were performed twice (within one week and one month after birth). Qualitative analysis of the mothers' responses to their babies' cries yielded the following results. The responses of mothers to their babies' cries within one week after birth were found to contain the following six elements: emotional responses, cognitive responses, intellectual interpretation of the cries, concrete countermeasures, intuitive understanding of the cries, and evaluation of the baby's character and temperament. These emotional responses were affected by the mother's stability, the mother's awareness of her role as a mother, the babies' temperament reflected in their cries, and the time since the previous lactation. Mothers attempted to interpret the meaning of their babies' cries. This attempt involves two elements (time and features of the cry). This study revealed what mothers felt when hearing their baby's cries and what action they took to deal with their baby's cries at two points after delivery (within one week and one month after delivery). The findings of this study may be useful to nurses when supporting mothers in the care of babies within one week and one month after birth.
AbstractList The present study is undertaken to investigate how mothers felt when they heard the cries of their babies (within one week and one month after birth) and what actions they took. The subjects of this study were 16 women who delivered normal neonates at a private clinic in Ishikawa Prefecture. How these mothers dealt with the cries of their babies was investigated by means of an interview, which was carried out in a semi-controlled method. The interviews were recorded on tape with each mother's consent. The interviews were performed twice (within one week and one month after birth). Qualitative analysis of the mothers' responses to their babies' cries yielded the following results. The responses of mothers to their babies' cries within one week after birth were found to contain the following six elements: emotional responses, cognitive responses, intellectual interpretation of the cries, concrete countermeasures, intuitive understanding of the cries, and evaluation of the baby's character and temperament. These emotional responses were affected by the mother's stability, the mother's awareness of her role as a mother, the babies' temperament reflected in their cries, and the time since the previous lactation. Mothers attempted to interpret the meaning of their babies' cries. This attempt involves two elements (time and features of the cry). This study revealed what mothers felt when hearing their baby's cries and what action they took to deal with their baby's cries at two points after delivery (within one week and one month after delivery). The findings of this study may be useful to nurses when supporting mothers in the care of babies within one week and one month after birth.
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– reference: 17) 陳省仁: 新生児・乳児の「泣き」について-初期の母子相互交渉及び情動発達における泣きの意味, 北海道大学教育学部紀要, 48,188-206, 1986.
– reference: 19) 馬場一雄: 改訂小児生理学, 1-5, へるす出版, 1994. 2-3.
– reference: 13) 足立智昭, 他: 新生児の泣き声に対する母親の対処行動とパーソナリティ特性との関連, 母性衛生, 25 (4), 466-467, 1984.
– reference: 1) 馬場一雄: 改訂小児生理学, 1-5, へるす出版, 1994.
– reference: 16) 足立智昭, 他: 乳児の泣き声に対する母親の対処行動に関する研究, 母性衛生, 25 (2), 235-239, 1984.
– reference: 4) 中村孝他: 乳児の泣き声の分類, 小児科, 14 (7), 573-577, 1973.
– reference: 5) 大井照: 音声スペクトログラフによる泣き声の研究, 日本新生児学会誌, 13 (2), 250-258, 1977.
– reference: 18) 難波寿子, 他: 母親が新生児が泣く理由を判断する要因の経日的変化, 母性衛生, 38 (4), 382-388, 1997.
– reference: 15) 茅島江子, 他: 新生児の泣き声に対する褥婦の反応, 母性衛生, 29 (4), 467-468, 1988.
– reference: 14) 脇田満里子, 他: 新生児の泣き声の意味の理解-母子相互作用の観点から-, 母性衛生, 32 (4), 531-532, 1991.
– reference: 20) 馬場一雄: 改訂小児生理学, 1-5, へるす出版, 1994. 97.
– reference: 9) 織田利光: 正常新生児の泣き声に関する研究, 日医大誌, 55 (1), 29-37, 1988.
– reference: 12) 馬場一雄: 改訂小児生理学, 1-5, へるす出版, 1994. 5-11.
– reference: 6) 二木恒夫: 新生児期, 乳児期における〈泣き声〉とその発達的意義, 児童精神医学とその近接領域, 20 (3), 161-176, 1979.
– reference: 10) 大井照, 馬場一雄: 泣き声と神経疾患, 小児医学, 6 (6), 1081-1097, 1973.
– reference: 8) 小林健二, 他: 新生児の泣き声の時系列パターンの検討, 医用電子と生体工学,(24), 107, 1986.
– reference: 2) Wasz-Hockert, et al.: The infant cry: a spectrographic and auditory analysis. Clinics in Developmental Medicine, 29; 1968.
– reference: 3) 巷野悟郎: 乳児の泣き声, 小児外科, 4 (7), 721-727, 1972.
– reference: 7) 長澤邦雄, 他: 新生児 “泣き声” の分析とその意義, 母性衛生, 28 (4), 585-586, 1987.
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