Interaction of Mother and Child (from Birth to Year One) with Visual Defect from the ConceptualView of Intuitive Parenthood

Overview

Severe visual defects of the child in the first year of life significantly influenced his/her interaction with thesurrounding world. The authors analyzed spontaneous interaction between mother and child (0 - 1 year) withsevere visual defect from the conceptual view of so called intuitive parent behavior. The experimental groupconsisted of 20 pairs of mother-child with visual defect, while the control group included 33 pairs of mother-childwithout visual defect. The method of microanalysis of interactions was used to process 102 video recordings, whichwere taken under standard laboratory conditions. The interaction behavior was evaluated by mean of adaptedMunich communication clinical diagnostic.The results have shown that mothers of children with visual defect are more frequently affected by disordersof intuitive parent behavior in the area of expressing themselves clearly as well as in the area of regulation of tuningthe intuitive parental competence. It exerts a negative effect on the course of interactions of mother and child andmay negatively influence the early psychical development of the child.

Key words:
interaction mother-child, visual defect, intuitive parent behavior, microanalysis of interactions,early development of the child