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How Maternal Traumatic Childhood Experiences Affect Adolescent and Young Mother-Infant Interaction at 3 Months
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Moioli, Margherita; Riva Crugnola, Cristina; Albizzati, Alessandro; Bottini, Marta; Caiati, Lorena; Chisari, Serena; Rossetti, Elena; Ierardi, Elena – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Eighty-one adolescent and young mother-infant dyads have been divided into two groups with/without traumatic experiences in maternal history to examine the effect of maternal traumatic experiences on the quality of mother-infant relationship. At infant 3 months, mother-infant interaction was video-recorded. Results showed that adolescent and young…
Descriptors: Trauma, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Infants
Behaviour Patterns in Daily Mother-Child Separations: Possible Opportunities for Stress Reduction
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Klein, Pnina S.; Kraft, Ravit R.; Shohet, Cilly – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Despite the abundance of research on attachment and on the effects of separation, very little research examines the actual processes of separation occurring daily when mothers leave their children (age 6-18 months) in out-of-home group care. In the current study, this everyday process of separation was observed for three months…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Toddlers, Child Caregivers
Four Behavioural Patterns in the Development of Prehension.
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Tallandini, Maria A.; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
Studied the organization of the behaviors involved in the development of prehension by 80 infants of 1-8 months. Four types of behavior patterns that occurred at different periods were found to constitute the development of prehension. (BG)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Individual Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
Effects of Familiarity on Peer Interaction in the First Year of Life.
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Stefani, Loredana Hvastja; Camaioni, Luigia – Early Child Development and Care, 1983
Peer social interaction in the first year of life (8-10 months) was examined with regard to (1) the content of the interaction and (2) the effects of partner familiarity on the interaction. Results show that familiarization positively affects peer social interactions. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Foreign Countries, Infants, Influences
Some Consequences of Early Infant-Mother-Infant Interaction
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Thoman, Evelyn B. – Early Child Development and Care, 1974
Summarizes human and animal studies of the feedback system of in infant-mother-infant interactions. It is shown that mutual modifications of behaviors can be depicted as a system of continuous feedback in which both mother and infant contribute to developmental success or failure. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
Maternal Sensitivity: A Review of Attachment Literature Definitions.
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Nicholls, Andrea; Kirkland, John – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Notes that many researchers have asserted maternal "sensitivity" as the key feature of interactions promoting "secure" attachment relationships. Reviews literature addressing the construct of sensitivity, highlighting the problem of definition and identifying the range of behaviors typically used as indicators of sensitivity.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research
Caregivers' Sensitivity to the Communicative and Linguistic Needs of Their Deaf Infants.
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Robinshaw, Ellen M.; Evans, Roy – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Explores the effect of variations in caregiver sensitivity on the timing of their severely and profoundly deaf infants' acquisition of communication skills. Found that caregivers of deaf infants showed considerable variation in comparison to the caregivers of normally hearing infants. Contextual factors of a dynamic nature operate with varying…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Patterns, Caregiver Role, Childhood Needs