Rigato, Silvia and Vrticka, Pascal and Stets, Manuela and Holmboe, Karla (2024) Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age. PLoS One, 19 (6). e0302661. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302661
Rigato, Silvia and Vrticka, Pascal and Stets, Manuela and Holmboe, Karla (2024) Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age. PLoS One, 19 (6). e0302661. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302661
Rigato, Silvia and Vrticka, Pascal and Stets, Manuela and Holmboe, Karla (2024) Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age. PLoS One, 19 (6). e0302661. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302661
Abstract
This longitudinal study investigated the associations between mother-infant interaction characteristics at 9 months of age, maternal mental health, infant temperament in the first year postpartum, and child behaviour at 3 years of age. The infants (N = 54, 22 females) mainly had White British ethnic backgrounds (85.7%). Results showed that i) mother-infant dyadic affective mutuality positively correlated with infant falling reactivity, suggesting that better infant regulatory skills are associated with the dyad’s ability to share and understand each other’s emotions; and ii) maternal respect for infant autonomy predicted fewer child peer problems at 3 years of age, suggesting that maternal respect for the validity of the infant’s individuality promotes better social and emotional development in early childhood.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Child Behavior; Infant Behavior; Emotions; Child Development; Temperament; Mother-Child Relations; Mothers; Peer Group; Adult; Child, Preschool; Infant; Female; Male |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2024 18:36 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2024 18:36 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38181 |
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