| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2006-013.16 |
| Location: | Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2006
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Title:
| Vinculação em bebés institucionalizados e competência narrativa dos seus principais cuidadores: estudo sobre a actividade cardíaca do bebé na interacção com a figura de cuidados através do BioBeAMS 2.0" [Linkage among Institutionalized babies and narrative competence of his primary caregivers: study on the baby's cardiac activity and his interaction with the caregiver using BioBeAMS 2.0]
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| Publication year: | 2010
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URL:
| http://www.bial.com/simposio/Livro_de_Actas_8_Simposio.pdf
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
OBJECTIVES:
To develop a new version of BioBeAMS, a multimedia system allowing the collection and analysis of children’s cardiac activity, and to examine, in a group of institutionally-reared children, the relations among child’s attachment disordered behaviors, caregiver’s narrative competence, and child’s cardiac activity during interaction tasks with the institutional caregiver.
METHOD:
Participants
40 institutionalized children (19 females) aged 9 to 30 months (Mean = 19.9; SD=6.66) and their caregivers were recruited in 12 institutions (Mean age at the time of admission = 8.35, SD=7.77; Mean length of time spent by the children at the institution = 11.53, SD=4.58).
Measures
Disturbances of Attachment Interview (Smyke & Zeanah, 1999); Rating of Infant and Stranger Engagement (Atlas-Corbett, Riley & Lyons-Ruth, 2005); Strange Situation Procedure (SSP; Ainsworth et al., 1978); Bio-Behavior Attachment Multimedia System - BioBeAMS 2.0 (Soares, Dias, Rangel, Martins, & Cunha, 2008); Caregivers’ narrative competence (Gonçalves et al., 2001); Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (Bates,
Freeland, & Lounsbury, 1979); Bayley Scales of Infant Development III (Bayley, 2006).
Procedures
Children were connected to 3 electrodes attached to the wireless signal acquisition box placed on a backpack. Episode 2 of the SSP was defined as the baseline for the cardiac activity. Next, two routine interaction tasks (1. caregiver telling a story using a picture book, and 2. feeding the child while telling a story) were carried out.
RESULTS:
A negative association between caregivers’ narrative complexity and children’s language was found, suggesting a higher stimulation from the caregivers when verbally interacting with these children in a structured task. Furthermore, children with less difficult temperament seem to have caregivers who tell more structured narratives. Indiscriminate behavior was correlated to cardiac activity during the routine tasks and the SSP; a decreased heart rate was found during interaction with stranger and a decreased LF/HF ratio was found when caregiver leaves.
DISCUSSION:
BioBeAMS 2.0 is a valuable resource for studying cardiac activity in interaction tasks with young children. Results suggest that caregivers’ narrative competence is relevant to the quality of interaction with institutionalized children. Finally, indiscriminate behavior seems to be related to cardiac activity during interactions with the caregiver, in particular during separation situations.
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| Accessibility: | Document does not exist in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Soares, I.
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Secondary author(s):
| Cunha, J., Henriques, M. R., Martins, C., Dias, P.
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Document type:
| Conference abstract
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Soares, I., Cunha, J., Henriques, M. R., Martins, C., & Dias, P. (2010). Vinculação em bebés institucionalizados e competência narrativa dos seus principais cuidadores: estudo sobre a actividade cardíaca do bebé na interacção com a figura de cuidados através do BioBeAMS 2.0" [Linkage among Institutionalized babies and narrative competence of his primary caregivers: study on the baby's cardiac activity and his interaction with the caregiver using BioBeAMS 2.0]. In Aquém e além do cérebro. Behind and beyond the brain. Proceedings of the 8th Symposium of Fundação Bial (pp. 197-198). Porto: Fundação Bial.
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| Indexed document: | No
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| Keywords: | Institutionally reared children / Child-caregiver interaction / Attachment / Narrative competence / Cardiac activity
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Vinculação em bebés institucionalizados e competência narrativa dos seus principais cuidadores: estudo sobre a actividade cardíaca do bebé na interacção com a figura de cuidados através do BioBeAMS 2.0" [Linkage among Institutionalized babies and narrative competence of his primary caregivers: study on the baby's cardiac activity and his interaction with the caregiver using BioBeAMS 2.0] |