TY - JOUR
T1 - Early patterns of mother-infant dyadic interaction
T2 - Infant, mother, and family demographic antecedents
AU - Fish, Margaret
AU - Stifter, Cynthia A.
AU - Belsky, Jay
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by a small grant from the National Health (MH 44324) and grants from the Pennsylvania State University Support Grant Program and Research Initiation Grant Program awarded Correspondence and requests for reprints should be sent to Margaret Family and Community Health, Marshall University School of Medicine, 25755.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This experiment explored multiple antecedents of differences in the quality of motherinfant interaction during a videotaped free-play episode at 5 months. Subjects were 76 mother-infant pairs participating in a longitudinal project that included extensive assessment of infants and mothers during the neonatal period. At 5 months, mother and infant interactive behaviors were independently rated, and cluster analysis was used to identify distinctive patterns of dyadic interaction. Discriminant function analyses revealed that a set of neonatally measured infant, mother, and family demographic variables correctly classified mother-infant pairs into clusters 75% of the time. A cumulative effects score derived from univariate follow-up tests showed a highly significant relation to cluster membership; the likelihood of more optimal 5-month interaction steadily increased as the number of positive antecedent conditions increased.
AB - This experiment explored multiple antecedents of differences in the quality of motherinfant interaction during a videotaped free-play episode at 5 months. Subjects were 76 mother-infant pairs participating in a longitudinal project that included extensive assessment of infants and mothers during the neonatal period. At 5 months, mother and infant interactive behaviors were independently rated, and cluster analysis was used to identify distinctive patterns of dyadic interaction. Discriminant function analyses revealed that a set of neonatally measured infant, mother, and family demographic variables correctly classified mother-infant pairs into clusters 75% of the time. A cumulative effects score derived from univariate follow-up tests showed a highly significant relation to cluster membership; the likelihood of more optimal 5-month interaction steadily increased as the number of positive antecedent conditions increased.
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U2 - 10.1016/0163-6383(93)80025-4
DO - 10.1016/0163-6383(93)80025-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0002894371
SN - 0163-6383
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
IS - 1
ER -