Biomedical subjects

K T Strongman

Publications and source records attributed to K T Strongman.

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PubMed1985

The organization and stability of sleep states in in fullterm, preterm, and small-for-gestational-age infants: a comparative study.

Sleep state organization in the neonatal period was compared for groups of fullterm, preterm, and small-for-gestational-age infants. Preterm and small-for-gestational-age groups were found to have greater rates of state change than the fullterm group, and maternal perception of the infants was found to be negatively correlated to rates of state change in the preterm infants. Small-for-gestational-age infants had more active sleep without rapid eye movements than fullterm or preterm infants. The findings are discussed with regard to implications for CNS organization and possible early identification of infants at risk of developmental problems.

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PubMed1985

Mother-infant interactions at 2 and 3 months in preterm, small-for-gestational-age, and full-term infants; their relationship with cognitive development at 4 months.

Two- and 3-month interactions were observed and 4-month Bayley MDI assessments carried out with 10 full-term, 14 preterm, and 9 small-for-gestational age (SGA) mother-infant dyads, to examine effects of neonatal status on interaction styles and the relationships between interaction variables and MDI scores. Two-month interaction patterns were most closely related to 4-month MDI scores in the full-term group, with state variables showing negative relationships and dyadic synchrony being positively related. For the preterm group, state-related variables were important to MDI scores. Preterm maternal interactive levels dropped from two to three months whereas preterm infant interactive levels rose from 2 to 3 months. SGA infant smile and maternal affection were related to MDI scores. SGA dyads differed from full-term dyads on state and synchrony variables. Findings are discussed with respect to the importance of state variables for development.

Adult↗

PubMed1978

Emotional experience and the implication grid.

The research reported here consisted of a series of experiments aimed at developing a technique which could be used in the study of personal emotional experience. Hinkle's development (1965) of Kelly's construct theory (1955) was chosen as the starting point. Hinkle's original technique was applied using emotional rather than interpersonal constructs. This failed to demonstrate the internal consistency of the implication grid methodology shown in Hinkle's work. Modifications were made to the implication grid so as to simplify the subject's verbal task. Further experimentation demonstrated the validity and reliability of the modified grid. The structural consistency of different areas of individuals' emotional construct systems was investigated, and variations in the level of integration were demonstrated between these different areas.

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PubMed1974