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Newborn Irritability Moderates the Association between Infant Attachment Security and Toddler Exploration and Sociability
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Stupica, Brandi; Sherman, Laura J.; Cassidy, Jude – Child Development, 2011
This longitudinal investigation of 84 infants examined whether the effect of 12-month attachment on 18- and 24-month exploration and sociability with unfamiliar adults varied as a function of newborn irritability. As expected, results revealed an interaction between attachment (secure vs. insecure) and irritability (highly irritable vs. moderately…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Social Development
Toward a Developmental Model of Child Compliance: The Role of Emotion Regulation in Infancy.
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Stifter, Cynthia A.; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Braungart-Rieker, Julia M. – Child Development, 1999
Examined relationship between emotion regulation at ages 5, 10, and 18 months, and compliance at 30 months. Found that infants with low levels of regulatory behavior were more likely to be noncompliant as toddlers. High cardiac vagal tone was related to noncompliance to toy clean-up, whereas low cardiac vagal tone was related to noncompliance to…
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Emotional Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
Problem Solving in Infancy: The Emergence of an Action Plan.
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McCarty, Michael E.; Clifton, Rachel K.; Collard, Roberta R. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Evaluated 9-, 14-, and 19-month olds' strategies as they grasped and used spoons presented with the handle alternately oriented to left or right. Found that younger children reached with their preferred hand, disregarding the item's orientation. Older children anticipated the problem, alternated the hand used, and achieved an efficient radial grip…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Eye Hand Coordination, Handedness, Infant Behavior
Intraindividual Variability in Infant Behavior.
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de Weerth, Carolina; Hoijtink, Herbert; van Geert, Paul – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Used weekly-obtained longitudinal observational data of infant crying, fretting/fussing, and smiling and the time spent in physical contact with mother to examine behavioral variability over a 15-month period. Found evidence of an important intraindividual variability between newborn and 5 months, and 5 and 10 months, but not between 10 and 15…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infant Care
Balancing for Weaknesses and Challenging Developmental Potential: A Longitudinal Study of Mother-Infant Dyads in Apprenticeship Interactions.
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Heckhausen, Jutta – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Adopts a longitudinal design to track mother-child developmental change in infant task-related mastery and concomitant maternal behavior. Finds that, as infants gain more mastery across time, mothers gradually withdraw support in terms of concrete, specific and nonverbal means of instruction. Results support a one-step-ahead model for maternal…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Attachment Disorganization/Disorientation.
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Carlson, Elizabeth A. – Child Development, 1998
Explored the antecedents and consequences of attachment disorganization among 157 participants in a prospective longitudinal study from 24 months to 19 years. Found that infant history of attachment disorganization was correlated with consequent variables related to: mother-child relationship quality at 24 and 42 months; child behavior problems in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Children, Emotional Adjustment