Individual Differences in the Contribution of Maternal Soothing to Infant Distress Reduction

Autor/inn/en	Jahromi, Laudan B.; Stifter, Cynthia A.
Titel	Individual Differences in the Contribution of Maternal Soothing to Infant Distress Reduction
Quelle	In: Infancy, 11 (2007) 3, S.255-269 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-0008
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Crying; Infants; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Styles; Emotional Response; Affective Behavior; Age Differences; Verbal Communication; Predictor Variables; Longitudinal Studies; Psychological Patterns; Parent Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Weinen; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Emotionales Verhalten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	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 that were observed during an inoculation at 2 and 6 months. The average intensity of infant cry response showed modest stability across age only before controlling for the infant's general state of irritability, and the duration of crying was not stable. Of the 8 specific maternal regulatory behaviors studied, affection, touching, and vocalizing showed the strongest stability across infant age. Finally, an index of the contingency between maternal soothing and infant cry reduction at 2 months predicted shorter cry duration but not cry intensity at 6 months. The results of this study indicate that infants whose mothers showed a greater contribution to reducing their distress at 2 months showed a shorter duration of crying 4 months later. This suggests a possible longitudinal influence of maternal regulation on infants' distress responses. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10