Emerging Social Regulatory Capacities as Seen in the Still-Face Situation
Early mother-infant interactions support infants' abilities to deal with stressful situations such as the withdrawal of maternal attention. The "still-face" paradigm provides a framework for studying the range of social regulatory capacities available to infants during stressful times...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Child Development. - Wiley for the Society for Research in Child Development, 1930. - 61(1990), 3, Seite 754-763 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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1990
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Child Development |
| Schlagworte: | Social sciences Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Political science |
| Zusammenfassung: | Early mother-infant interactions support infants' abilities to deal with stressful situations such as the withdrawal of maternal attention. The "still-face" paradigm provides a framework for studying the range of social regulatory capacities available to infants during stressful times. This study examined the responses of 62 3-4-month-old infants during the still-face situation. Infants' responses were coded in real time along 3 dimensions: gaze, affect, and state. 3 findings are presented: (1) Generally, infants responded to the still-face situation with predominantly neutral affect and looking away from their mothers. (2) Infants who looked longer at their mothers early in the still-face showed longer early positive affect and protested her absence less. (3) Girls more often showed an intensely negative response to the still-face. These findings are discussed in the context of the development of social regulatory capacities in infancy. |
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| ISSN: | 14678624 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1130960 |