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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 11(4) pp. 561-572, 1986
© 1986 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Influence of Labeling on Ratings of Infant Behavior: A Prematurity Prejudice1

Michael D. Miller2 and Donald R. Ottinger

Purdue University

1All correspondence should be sent to Michael D. Miller, Department of Clinical Psychology, Arnett Clinic, 2600 Greenbush Street, Lafayette, Indiana 47904

Two full-term and two preterm infants were videotaped while being administered six items from the Brazelton (1973) scale. Infants were assigned alternately the labels preterm and full-term and shown to a group of 256 undergraduate students. Subjects demonstrated no influence of label in their ratings of the infants' Brazelton performance or in assessment of their confidence in performing various care-giving tasks for the particular infant viewed. However, on global ratings, the labeled preterms were rated as significantly less attentive, less healthy, smaller, more difficult to care for, less enjoyable to interact with, and less sociable. Results are discussed as supporting the existence of a prematurity prejudice.

Key words: prematurity; labeling effects; Brazelton scale; parent-infant.


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