Children's total blindness as a risk factor for early parent-child relationships: preliminary findings from an Italian sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vision provides crucial information for parent-child attunement that scaffolds social development from the first months of life. Congenital blindness might affect both parental wellbeing and children's behavior during parent-child interaction. In this study, we compared families of young children with total versus partial blindness to understand the link between residual vision, parenting stress and perceived social support, and children's behavior during parent-child interaction.

Methods

Participants were 42 white parents (21 fathers and 21 mothers) and their congenitally blind children (14 females, mean age = 14.81 months, SD = 10.46) with no co-occurring disability, recruited at the Robert Hollman Foundation rehabilitation centers in Italy. Parents' scores on t

SUBMITTER: Gui A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10172482 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature