Este estudio, siguiendo el trabajo de Bates y Bayles (1984) y Mebert (1991), propone que en el informe materno sobre la emocionalidad negativa infantile puede identificarse tanto un componente subjetivo (proporcionado por características psicológicas de la madre tales como su personalidad, temperamento y salud mental), como un componente objetivo (dado por el temperamento del niño medido por observadores entrenados, y por variables socio-demográficas como el sexo). Para ello, fueron seleccionados 41 niños de 12 meses de edad (19 niñas y 22 niños). Nuestros resultados indican la presencia de dos fuentes de variación sistemática: (1) un factor objetivo especificado por el temperamento del niño medido en el laboratorio—Tono Emocional—, y (2), un componente subjetivo dado por el temperamento de la madre—Nivel de Actividad durante el sueño, Tendencia a distraer la atención y Persistencia—y por su salud mental—Síntomas somáticos de origen psicológico y Depresión—.
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