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It Takes Two: Infants' Moderate Negative Reactivity and Maternal Sensitivity Predict Self-Regulation in the Preschool Years
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Geeraerts, Sanne B.; Backer, Penina M.; Stifter, Cynthia A. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the association of infant fussing and crying with self-regulation in toddlerhood and the preschool years, as well as the moderating role of maternal sensitivity therein. When children (n = 149, 53.69% boys) were 6 months old, parents reported on their fussing and crying using a cry diary, and…
Descriptors: Infants, Mothers, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship
Modeling Dyadic Processes Using Hidden Markov Models: A Time Series Approach to Mother-Infant Interactions during Infant Immunization
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Stifter, Cynthia A.; Rovine, Michael – Infant and Child Development, 2015
The focus of the present longitudinal study, to examine mother-infant interaction during the administration of immunizations at 2 and 6?months of age, used hidden Markov modelling, a time series approach that produces latent states to describe how mothers and infants work together to bring the infant to a soothed state. Results revealed a…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship
Individual Differences in the Contribution of Maternal Soothing to Infant Distress Reduction
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Jahromi, Laudan B.; Stifter, Cynthia A. – Infancy, 2007
This study investigates individual differences in the contribution of specific maternal regulatory behaviors to the mother-infant dyad's regulation of infant distress response. Additionally, we examined the stability of infants' stress responses and the stability of specific maternal soothing behaviors. The sample included 128 mother-infant dyads…
Descriptors: Mothers, Crying, Infants, Parent Child Relationship
Maternal Regulation of Infant Reactivity From 2 to 6 Months.
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Jahromi, Laudan B.; Putnam, Samuel P.; Stifter, Cynthia A. – Developmental Psychology, 2004
Previous research has investigated the effect of maternal soothing behaviors on reducing infant reactivity but not the differential effects of specific maternal behaviors on infant stress responses. The present study investigated maternal regulation of 2- and 6-month-olds' responses to an inoculation and found a significant decline with age in…
Descriptors: Infants, Crying, Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Response