The role of maternal affect attunement in dyadic and triadic communication

Autor(en)

Maria Legerstee, Gabriela Markova, Tamara Fisher

Abstrakt

The influence of maternal affect attunement on the relationship between gaze monitoring during dyadic communication at 3 months and coordinated attention during triadic communication at 5, 7 and 10 months was examined in a longitudinal study. Although most infants engaged in gaze monitoring at 3 months and in coordinated attention at 5, 7 and 10 months, a regression analysis revealed that gaze monitoring at 3 months significantly predicted coordinated attention at 10 months only when maternal affect attunement was high. These findings are discussed in terms of theories that emphasize the role of social interaction in the development of meaningful communication and continuity in mental state awareness during the first year of life.

Organisation(en)

Externe Organisation(en)

York University

Journal

Infant Behavior and Development

Band

30

Seiten

296-306

Anzahl der Seiten

11

ISSN

0163-6383

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.10.003

Publikationsdatum

2007

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501005 Entwicklungspsychologie

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/8295621b-58e1-4448-9c66-4dbf6cfeb102