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- Title
The role of joint attention in the development of infants’ play with objects.
- Authors
Bigelow, Ann E.; MacLean, Kim; Proctor, Jane
- Abstract
Year-old infants’ play was scored within and outside joint attention with mother and when alone for four levels of maturity: stereotypical, inappropriate relational, appropriate relational, functional. Maternal sensitivity within joint attention was rated on two measures: following infants’ interests and scaffolding infants’ activities. Infants’ play was more advanced with mother than when alone. With mother, infants had more functional and appropriate relational play within joint attention and more stereotypical play outside joint attention, indicating more advanced play within joint attention and more immature play outside joint attention. Functional play within joint attention, but not outside joint attention, correlated with functional play when alone. Mothers’ ability to scaffold infants’ activities within joint attention may be particularly facilitative to infants’ advanced play.
- Subjects
ATTENTION in infants; INFANT psychology; INFANT development; ABILITY in infants; ATTENTION; CHILD psychology
- Publication
Developmental Science, 2004, Vol 7, Issue 5, p518
- ISSN
1363-755X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00375.x