Journal article
Positive Affectivity and Fear Trajectories in Infancy: Contributions of Mother-Child Interaction Factors
Child development, Vol.89(5), pp.1519-1534
09/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116292
PMCID: PMC5701886
PMID: 28542794
Abstract
Fear and positive emotionality were considered in a growth modeling context. Mothers, primarily Caucasian (91.9%) and of middle socioeconomic status, participated in play interactions with infants at 4 months (N = 148). Infant fear and positive affectivity were evaluated at 6, 8, 10, and 12 months of age. A linear trajectory was superior in explaining growth for parent report and observation-based indicators of positive affectivity and parent report of fearfulness; a piecewise model explained the nonlinear growth of observation-based fear. Responsiveness in mother-infant interactions emerged as a significant predictor of the fear trajectory, with higher sensitivity predicting lower levels of observed fear. Reciprocity, tempo, emotional tone, and intensity of mother-infant interactions also made significant contributions to temperament development; however, analyses addressing these were exploratory.
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- Title
- Positive Affectivity and Fear Trajectories in Infancy: Contributions of Mother-Child Interaction Factors
- Creators
- Maria A Gartstein - Washington State UniversityGregory R Hancock - University of MarylandSydney L Iverson - Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Child development, Vol.89(5), pp.1519-1534
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R03 MH067010 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900547464501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article