MOTHERS' DISCIPLINE AND PUNISHMENT OF THEIR HEALTHY INFANTS (MATERNAL DISCIPLINE).
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1993
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Mothers' discipline and punishment practices of 99 healthy infants, 2 weeks to 12 months of age were explored within a comparative descriptive study. 50 of the infants were female and 49 were male. The mothers were the biological mother of the infant, English speaking, and living with the infant. The infants were healthy singletons with a fullterm gestation between 38 and 42 weeks.

The sample of convenience was recruited from a private pediatric practice in a southern suburb of a large metropolitan city. Consent for study participation was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of a major University, the pediatricians in the setting, and the mothers.

Four instruments were utilized in the study; The Maternal Interview, Carey Infant Temperament Questionnaire, Denver Developmental Screening Tool, and a Physical Examination.

The findings indicated significant differences in discipline and punishment by the mother in; repertoire and childhood experiences, practices used for the infant's behaviors, temperament, and frequency of use.

Characteristics of the mother-infant dyad associated with the mothers' self-reported discipline and punishment included what the mothers' liked least about being a mother, liked least about the infant, disliked infant behaviors, and methods to repeat/not repeat the infant's behaviors.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-06, Section: B, page: 2991.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1993.

School code: 0178.