Relationship DisordersUnderinvolved Relationship Disorder

Behavioral Quality

• Parent insensitive or unresponsive

• Inconsistency between expressed attitude in parent and interaction

• Parent ignores, rejects, fails to comfort the infant

• Parent does not mirror infant’s behavior, reflection of infant’s feeling states

• Not protect infant from harm by others

• Interactions underregulated, cues missed or misinterpreted

• Dyad appears disengaged

• Infant may appear uncared for (often ill, no good med. care. infant dirty)

• NOFT. Delays in motor or language skills since no support.

Affective tone

• In both parent and infant is constricted, withdrawn

• Sad

• Flat

• Interaction of lifelessness

• Absence of pleasure

Psychological involvement

• Parent not aware of infant’s cues or needs

• Parent may have history of deprivation, neglect

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