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Peery, J. Craig – Child Study Journal, 1978
Examines mother-infant gazing during periods of play, bottle feeding, and spoon feeding activities. Subjects were ten 3-month-old twin infants and their mothers. (BD)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis, Mothers

Crawley, Susan B.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants
Cohen, Neil L.; Faust-Cohen, Lynn – 1978
This paper briefly reviews studies of infant-peer and infant-mother interaction, and describes a study which compares the effects of mothers and peers on toddler play. Twenty-six toddlers (13 males and 13 females) aged 21 to 24 months were observed in two social situations each: playing with his/her mother, and playing with a familiar peer (after…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis, Literature Reviews
Musick, Judith S.; And Others – 1979
This study analyzes the interaction patterns and behavioral characteristics of mentally ill and well mothers and their young children. The children were between 1 and 4 years of age. The group of mentally ill mothers was comprised of 18 schizophrenic and psychotically depressed women each with a history of at least one psychiatric hospitalization.…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Infant Behavior, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis
Peery, J. Craig – 1977
This study was designed to examine the nature of nonverbal social interaction between mothers and infants and to compare various situational effects. A total of ten 3-month-old twin infants (five male and five female) and their mothers were videotaped in their homes during free play, bottle feeding and spoon feeding situations. A repeated measures…
Descriptors: Correlation, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis
Iitaka, Kyoke; Yamada, Toshiko – 1977
This longitudinal study of the development of nonverbal behavior in the first 3 years of a child's life focuses on four factors: the relation between physical and vocal interaction between the child and his mother, observed cuses which can be used to interpret the child's communicative intent at different age levels, frequency of occurrence and…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Imitation, Infant Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis

Rubenstein, Judith L.; Howes, Carollee – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Social interaction and play behavior were compared in community-based infant day care and at home for two matched groups of 18-month-old infants. Adult-infant, infant-peer, and infant-toy interaction were time-sampled. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers, Family Environment
Vandell, Deborah Lowe – 1978
The purpose of this study was to compare the mother-child and father-child interaction of six toddlers who were completely home reared with the interactions of six toddlers who were participants in a daily 3-hour playgroup. For the comparisons, both mother-child and father-child interactions were videotaped in a semi-structured laboratory setting.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Experience, Fathers, Infant Behavior
Goldberg, Susan; And Others – 1979
This longitudinal study investigated the relationship of stress arising from medical problems of newborns to parent-infant interaction through the infant's first year. Significant interactive differences between full term and premature infants were found in feeding situations during the neonatal period and in floor play at eight months. The sample…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Developmental Tasks, Diabetes
Lewis, Michael, Ed.; Rosenblum, Leonard A., Ed. – 1974
This book, the first in a series on development and behavior of human infants and animals, contains a collection of articles dealing with the significance of the interaction between mother and infant and the subtle contributions that each makes to the other in shaping their ongoing dyadic behavior. It emphasizes that the infant is no mere passive…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research