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- Title
Emotion Regulation in Context: Situational Effects on Infant and Caregiver Behavior.
- Authors
Miller, Alison L.; McDonough, Susan C.; Rosenblum, Katherine L.; Sameroff, Arnold J.
- Abstract
Emotion regulation is an important developmental task of the early years of life. However, situational effects are rarely examined. In this study, we evaluated situational effects on 7-month-olds' and their mothers' emotional expression and interactive regulation behavior, individual differences across situations, and intercorrelations within situations. Mother-infant dyads (N = 225) were observed interacting during episodes from play, teaching, and still-face situations that varied along 2 developmentally salient dimensions: emotional challenge (low vs. high), and attentional focus (face-to-face vs. object). Attentional focus affected mothers' behavior, whereas both challenge and attentional focus affected infants. Associations between mother and infant behaviors varied in each situation. High-challenge situations provided more consistent individual differences in infants and more negative behavior from mothers. Findings have implications for appropriate assessment of emotion regulation in infancy.
- Subjects
SELF-control in infants; MOTHER-child relationship; CAREGIVERS
- Publication
Infancy, 2002, Vol 3, Issue 4, p403
- ISSN
1525-0008
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1207/S15327078IN0304_01