| The link between maternal interaction style and infant action understanding. | |
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PMID: 17707913 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The present study investigates whether the maternal interaction style is related to 6-month-old infants' action interpretation. We tested 6-month-olds ability to interpret an unfamiliar human action as goal-directed using a modified version of the paradigm used by Woodward, A. L. (1999). Infant's ability to distinguish between purposeful and non-purposeful behaviours. Infant Behavior & Development, 22, 145-160 and Király, I., Jovanovic, B., Prinz, W., Aschersleben, G., & Gergely, G. (2003). The early origins of goal attribution in infancy. Consciousness & Cognition, 12, 732-751. Additionally, all infants and their mothers participated in a free play situation to assess maternal interaction styles as measured by the CARE-Index. According to mothers' distinct interaction styles, infants were divided into three groups. Results suggest that at 6 months of age infants of mothers with a modestly controlling interaction style are better at interpreting a human action as goal-directed than infants of sensitive and relative unresponsive mothers. The ability to understand human action as goal-directed might be a corollary of an adaptive strategy in infancy. |
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Authors:
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Tanja Hofer; Annette Hohenberger; Petra Hauf; Gisa Aschersleben |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2007-08-20 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Infant behavior & development Volume: 31 ISSN: 1934-8800 ISO Abbreviation: Infant Behav Dev Publication Date: 2008 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-01-07 Completed Date: 2008-02-21 Revised Date: 2008-03-28 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7806016 Medline TA: Infant Behav Dev Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 115-26 Citation Subset: IM |
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Consultorio Familiare Alto Adige, Via Cassa di Risparmio 13, 39100 Bolzano, Italy. tanja.hofer@rolmail.net |
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Adult Child Development* Cluster Analysis Female Humans Infant Male Mental Processes / physiology* Mother-Child Relations* Mothers / psychology* Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity |
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