Summary In a longitudinal, descriptive study of blind infant—sighted mother interaction during the age period 3 to 12 months, 10 infants, seven blind and three severely visually impaired, were video‐recorded in natural interactional settings with their parents. The objective was to describe which communicative expressions the infants, as well as their mothers use in interaction and how they respond to each others’communications. Detailed analyses of the infants’and mothers’communicative behaviours were carried out. The blind infants exhibited a variety of communicative expressions in interaction with their mothers; they took an active part in proto‐conversations and dialogues with their mothers. The blind infants had difficulties in sharing their opinions about objects with their mothers during the age period studied. Comparisons between the blind and the severely visually impaired infants showed that even very low vision improves the infant's opportunities to take part in interpersonal communication and to share meanings. The results are discussed in relation to Trevarthen's view of the infant having an innate motive for intersubjectivity — for communication — and Stern's theory of the development of the self.

GUNILLA M. PREISLER

Child Care Health and Development

CHILD: CARE, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT 是一份国际同行评审期刊，发表涉及儿童和青少年健康和发展各个方面的论文。我们的目标是吸引与从事儿童健康工作的所有学科人员相关的定量和定性研究论文。我们欢迎研究社会和环境因素对健康和发展的影响，以及那些涉及临床问题、服务组织和卫生政策的研究。我们特别鼓励提交与因身体、发育、情感和社会问题而处于不利地位的人有关的研究。该杂志还旨在整理重要的研究成果，并提供一个讨论全球儿童健康问题的论坛。

Child: Care, Health and Development is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes papers on all aspects of child and adolescent health and development. Our aim is to attract quantitative and qualitative research papers relevant to all disciplines involved in child health. We welcome studies on the impact of social and environmental factors on health and development, as well as research related to clinical issues, service organization, and health policy. We particularly encourage submissions related to children who are disadvantaged due to physical, developmental, emotional, and social issues. The journal also aims to consolidate important research findings and provide a forum for discussing global child health issues.

《Child: Care, Health and Development》是一本国际同行评审期刊，专注于儿童和青少年健康与发展的各个方面。我们旨在吸引所有与儿童健康相关领域的研究人员，欢迎提交定量和定性研究论文。期刊特别关注社会和环境因素对健康与发展的影响，以及与临床问题、服务组织和卫生政策相关的研究。我们鼓励提交与因身体、发展、情感和社会问题而处于不利地位的儿童相关的研究。此外，本期刊还致力于汇总重要研究成果，并提供一个讨论全球儿童健康问题的平台。

Child: Care, Health and Development

Early patterns of interaction between blind infants and their sighted mothers

Comparisons between the blind and the severely visually impaired infants showed that even very low vision improves the infant's opportunities to take part in interpersonal communication and to share meanings.

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医学	4
医学, 儿科	3
医学, 心理学发育	4

Early patterns of interaction between blind infants and their sighted mothers

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PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL	3