| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Twenty-five preterm infants and their mothers participated in our research. NBAS, heart rate variability, and EEG were recorded 8 times during the first 12 months after delivery. Fp1,Fp2,C3,C4,O1,O2,T3, and T4 were recorded according to the 10-20 method. Heart rate variability and EEG were recorded when infants were sleeping.
Stepwise multiple regression analysis used the NBAS, spectrum values of heart rate variability, and the right EEG asymmetry to predict the attachment behavior of the strange situation procedure. Infants who avoided their mothers strongly at the reunion episodes showed right EEG asymmetry.
Accentuated activation in the right anterior region is hypothesized to increase a person's vulnerability to withdrawal-related emotion and behavior(Davidosn and Thomarken,1989). Our result would corroborate their hypothesis.
It has been reported that B-infants develop their cognitive emotional ability well, while A-infants who avoid their mothers in the reunion episodes do not in America. The positive relation between the right EEG asymmetry and avoidant behavior of the reunion episodes in our infants would predict their deficiency in the cognitive emotional development in the future. Our result can be used for the clinical intervention to these infants and their mothers.
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