TY - JOUR
T1 - Cocaine exposure and mother-toddler social play
AU - Uhlhorn, Susan Brunner
AU - Messinger, Daniel S.
AU - Bauer, Charles R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development through cooperative agreement (3 U10 HD021397-17S1) as well as intra-agency agreements with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) and The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). We would like to thank the families who took part in this research and Susan Gautier, Wendy Griffin, Mary Triolo, and Lisa Eisen for their assistance in data collection; and Genise Vertus for her assistance in data coding. Portions of these data were reported at the biennial meeting of the International Society on Infant Studies (Toronto, Canada, April 2002).
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - This study compared the play interactions of 18-month-old cocaine-exposed toddlers and their mothers (n = 48) to non-cocaine-exposed comparison toddlers and their mothers (n = 77). Coders blind to drug-exposure status reliably coded the interactions for maternal directiveness, positivity, and sensitivity; child social initiative and positivity; and dyadic responsiveness. There were no cocaine exposure group differences on any of the measures, with or without statistical controls for birth weight, SES, maternal age, and prenatal exposure to alcohol, marijuana, and cigarettes. Irrespective of cocaine exposure, low birth weight was associated with fewer maternal positive vocalizations and lower levels of maternal sensitivity. In higher SES dyads, children were more likely to respond to mother requests. The absence of cocaine exposure differences in social interactive behaviors during mother-child play in a relatively large sample of mothers and their children, is discussed with respect to the existing literature.
AB - This study compared the play interactions of 18-month-old cocaine-exposed toddlers and their mothers (n = 48) to non-cocaine-exposed comparison toddlers and their mothers (n = 77). Coders blind to drug-exposure status reliably coded the interactions for maternal directiveness, positivity, and sensitivity; child social initiative and positivity; and dyadic responsiveness. There were no cocaine exposure group differences on any of the measures, with or without statistical controls for birth weight, SES, maternal age, and prenatal exposure to alcohol, marijuana, and cigarettes. Irrespective of cocaine exposure, low birth weight was associated with fewer maternal positive vocalizations and lower levels of maternal sensitivity. In higher SES dyads, children were more likely to respond to mother requests. The absence of cocaine exposure differences in social interactive behaviors during mother-child play in a relatively large sample of mothers and their children, is discussed with respect to the existing literature.
KW - Cocaine
KW - Mother-child interaction
KW - Play
KW - Prenatal drug exposure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2004.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2004.11.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:13844297653
VL - 28
SP - 62
EP - 73
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
SN - 0163-6383
IS - 1
ER -