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Derrick, Sara M.; Hock, Ellen – 1978
This study compared infants born to narcotic addicted mothers with infants born to nonaddicted mothers and described the potential of an intervention program. Infants of five addicted women were matched with infants of five nonaddicted women on the basis of age and socioeconomic class of the mothers and on the basis of gestational ages, birth…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention, Child Development, Comparative Analysis
Hawley, Theresa Lawton – 1993
This study investigated the effects of cocaine addiction on mothers' ability to care for their children. The population interviewed included 25 cocaine-addicted mothers in a drug treatment center and a comparison group of 25 mothers of children in a Head Start program. Each mother was questioned about: (1) her pregnancy with a specific child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Rearing, Child Welfare