Early Infant Social Interaction with Parents and Strangers
Journal of the American Academy of Child PsychiatryPublished 1 December 1981
Suzanne D. Dixon, Michael W. Yogman, Edward Tronick, Lauren B. Adamson, Heidelise Als, T. Berry Brazelton
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Infants showed more positive affective displays with both parents than with strangers in situations in which infants 1 to 6 months of age interact with fathers and strangers.
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This paper extends the observations of early mother-infant face-to-face interaction to situations in which infants 1 to 6 months of age interact with fathers and strangers. Videotaped records of these laboratory interactions were scored second by second. We saw differences in the behavior of both infants and adults in these interactions. Even infants less than 2 months of age behaved distinctively with the different adults in these settings. Infants showed more positive affective displays with both parents than with strangers. The implications of these findings for the theoretical understanding of the infant's affective development as well as for public health concerns are discussed.
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