ated to depression symptoms than addiction severity.
Burns, Chethik, Burns, and Clark (1997) reported further on parent-child interactions of drug-abusing mothers. Assessments of 20 mother-infant dyads were done at eight and twelve months (of child's age); a videotaping of The Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment was done to determine maternal behavior from the infant's point of view and to assess infant behaviors from the mother's point of view. Thus infant mood, affect and behaviors, and interaction were assessed as were parental affect, style and mood, and attitude toward the child and interaction with the child. The drug-abusing group differed from controls with a consistent tendency for lower ratings in enthusiasm, responsivity to infant cues, and infant happiness.
In a study of effects of a home intervention for ongoing maternal drug use, responsiveness was assessed. Schuler, Nair, Black, and Kettinger (2000) studied 84 mothers and infants assigned to the
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