Table 3.
Mother-child interactive behaviors (EAS): differences among groups.
| Birth weight | Child age | F | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELBW (N = 16) | VLBW (N = 24) | CG (N = 25) | 18 Months | 24 Months | 30 Months | Birth weight | Child age | Birth weight × Child age | |
| EA clinical screener | 70.391 (2.8) | 79.181 (2.3) | 87.025 (2.4) | 75.757 (1.6) | 78.930 (1.6) | 81.910 (1.6) | 9.805** | 17.624** | 3.122* |
| EA DIMENSIONS | |||||||||
| Maternal scales | |||||||||
| Sensitivity | 5.195 (0.29) | 5.199 (0.23) | 5.503 (0.22) | 5.253 (0.17) | 5.228 (0.17) | 5.415 (0.17) | 0.675 | 1.581 | 2.667* |
| Structuring | 5.190 (0.30) | 5.040 (0.24) | 5.241 (0.24) | 5.071 (0.19) | 5.027 (0.19) | 5.372 (0.19) | 0.223 | 2.772 | 2.658* |
| Non-intrusiveness | 5.149 (0.27) | 5.195 (0.21) | 5.538 (0.21) | 5.241 (0.17) | 5.228 (0.17) | 5.414 (0.17) | 1,068 | 1.022 | 4.683** |
| Non-hostility | 6.320 (0.18) | 6.298 (0.14) | 6.427 (0.14) | 6.223 (0.11) | 6.373 (0.12) | 6.449 (0.12) | 0.279 | 2.632 | 0.812 |
| Child scales | |||||||||
| Responsiveness | 4.918 (0.26) | 5.204 (0.20) | 5.488 (0.20) | 5.007 (0.16) | 5.129 (0.16) | 5.474 (0.17) | 1.749 | 6.261** | 3.267* |
| Involvement | 5.451 (0.26) | 4.974 (0.21) | 5.053 (0.21) | 4.346 (0.16) | 4.878 (0.17) | 5.253 (0.17) | 1.953 | 21.379** | 0.916 |
*
p < 0.05;
**
p < 0.005.