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Peer reviewedDonovan, Wilberta L.; Leavitt, Lewis A.; Walsh, Reghan O. – Child Development, 1997
Used signal detection methodology to examine how cognitive set affects mothers' response to crying by "difficult" and "easy" infants. Found that increased mothers' sensitivity was associated with the "difficult" infant cognitive set and that mothers with high illusory control were least sensitive in detecting…
Descriptors: Coping, Crying, Emotional Response, Infant Behavior
