Association of maternal interaction with emotional regulation in 4- and 9-month infants during the Still Face Paradigm.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2012
Abstract
This study used the Still Face Paradigm to investigate the relationship of maternal interaction on infants' emotion regulation responses. Seventy infant-mother dyads were seen at 4 months and 25 of these same dyads were re-evaluated at 9 months. Maternal interactions were coded for attention seeking and contingent responding. Emotional regulation was described by infant stress reaction and overall positive affect. Results indicated that at both 4 and 9 months mothers who used more contingent responding interactions had infants who showed more positive affect. In contrast, mothers who used more attention seeking play had infants who showed less positive affect after the Still Face Paradigm. Patterns of stress reaction were reversed, as mothers who used more attention seeking play had infants with less negative affect. Implications for intervention and emotional regulation patterns over time are discussed.
Publication Title
Infant Behav Dev
ISSN
1934-8800
Volume
35
Issue
2
First Page
295
Last Page
302
Recommended Citation
Lowe, Jean R; Peggy C MacLean; Andrea F Duncan; Crystal Aragón; Ronald M Schrader; Arvind Caprihan; and John P Phillips.
"Association of maternal interaction with emotional regulation in 4- and 9-month infants during the Still Face Paradigm.."
Infant Behav Dev
