[Relationship Pattern of Mothers with Functional Constipated Infants]. / Beziehungsmuster bei Müttern von Kleinkindern mit funktioneller Obstipation.

ABSTRACT

Relationship Pattern of Mothers with Functional Constipated Infants The present article investigates whether or not mothers of infants with functional constipation have a specific relationship pattern. This question is addressed by analyzing the data collected at the day care clinic for infant regulation disorders with appropriate methods like the questionnaire for the assessment of adjustment of mothers with children in infancy (EMKK, Engfer u. Codreanu, 1984) described here. The evaluation of data was performed in two ways first with regard to the clinical study group of mothers with infants (age range from one to five years) suffering from functional constipation, and then compared to a clinical control group of mothers with infants who are coping with regulation disorders (by definition per Papousek, Schieche, Wurmser, 2010). With this comparison differences between the two groups are made visible and clinical interventions can be deduced accordingly. If the groups do not differ in their pattern described by the EMKK, the possible interventions can be adopted from the well-studied area of regulation disorders. The focus on analyzing the data of mothers with functional constipated infants serves as an important starting point for providing the best possible alignment of clinical intervention.