媽媽的關愛是寶寶健康成長的重要保證

Babies given more love and affection by their mothers deal better with stress and anxiety when they grow up, research has shown.

　　一項研究顯示，嬰兒時期得到更多母愛的孩子長大後能更好地應對壓力和焦慮情緒。

The study looked at eight-month-old children - meaning even the very earliest life experiences which we do not remember in adulthood can influence our well-being.

　　這項研究以八個月大的孩子爲對象，結果表明人最初的人生經歷會影響到成年後的幸福，儘管我們長大後並不記得這些事情。

Lots of maternal love makes children form a secure bond with their mothers, meaning they are able to feel secure in relationships when grown up, will have better social skills and cope better with life's difficulties, the study found.

　　研究發現，給予孩子足夠多的母愛會在孩子和母親之間形成牢固的紐帶關係，這意味着孩子長大後在情感方面會更有安全感，社交能力更強，並且能夠更好地處理生活中的難題。

Despite growing interest in how early life affects us in adulthood, most previous studies have relied on people's recollections - whereas this research tracked participants from early childhood to adult life.

　　儘管有關幼年生活對成年後的影響的研究越來越多，但之前的大多數研究主要是依靠人們的回憶，而這一研究則對嬰兒時期到成年的成長過程進行了追蹤。

The researchers, led by Dr Joanna Maselko of Duke University in North Carolina, rated the relationships of 482 eight-month-old babies with their mothers during routine developmental assessment.

　　美國北卡羅來納州杜克大學的喬安娜•馬賽爾可博士帶領的研究小組通過日常的成長評價對482個八個月大的孩子和母親的關係進行了評估。

They looked at how well the mother had coped with her child's developmental tests and how she had responded to the child's performance.

　　他們觀察母親如何應對孩子的成長測試，以及對孩子在測試中的表現作何反應。

The amount of affection and attention she gave to her child was categorised into groups ranging from 'negative' to ' extravagant'.

　　母親給予孩子的關愛和關注程度被分爲從“消極”到“溺愛”幾個等級。

Mental health was then assessed when the babies had grown up - at the average age of 34.

　　等這些小孩長大後，平均年齡達到34歲時，研究人員對他們的心理健康進行了評估。

Adults whose mothers had been the most affectionate during their assessment as babies had the lowest levels of anxiety, hostility and general distress.

　　在嬰兒時期的評估中得到母親關愛最多的孩子成年後的焦慮、敵對情緒和整體憂鬱水平最低。