Mother-infant self- and interactive contingency at four months and infant cognition at one year: A view from microanalysis.

ABSTRACT: Although a considerable literature documents associations between early mother-infant interaction and cognitive outcomes in the first years of life, few studies examine the contributions of contingently coordinated mother-infant interaction to infant cognitive development. This study examined associations between the temporal dynamics of the contingent coordination of mother-infant face-to-face interaction at 4 months and cognitive performance on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at age one year in a sample of (N = 100) Latina mother-infant pairs. Split-screen videotaped interactions were coded on a one second time base for the communication modalities of infant and mother gaze and facial affect, infant vocal affect, and mother touch. Multi-level time-series models evaluated self- an

SUBMITTER: Beebe B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10956369 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature