SOCIAL REFERENCING TO PARENT "CLOWNS": INFANT HUMOR PERCEPTION AND ATTACHMENT

这个子项目是许多利用资源的研究子项目之一 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目的主要支持 而子项目的主要调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其它NIH来源。 列出的子项目总成本可能 代表子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 而不是由NCRR赠款提供给子项目或子项目工作人员的直接资金。 婴儿期是一个关键的发展时期，特别是安全依恋的发展，这是儿童时期健康情感功能的基石（Bretherton，1992）。幽默的交流包括响应性和同步的互动，这是众所周知的，以促进安全的依恋。尽管如此，对婴儿幽默的发展知之甚少，特别是在生命的前6个月内，并作为早期依恋的预测因素。本研究采用自然观察的方法，对3 ~ 6个月婴儿的幽默发展进行描述，并在1岁时考察婴儿幽默、气质和依恋之间的关系。20名婴儿的母亲将接受培训，在12周内记录婴儿对幽默感知和创造的详细描述，并将在玩耍互动期间进行录像，每月一次，连续四个月。Reddy（2001）的行为模式将被用来编码婴儿的幽默。假设3 ~ 6个月婴儿的幽默感与婴儿行为量表修订版（Gartstein & Rothbart，2003）上的婴儿气质正相关，并预测1岁时观察者依恋Q分类（沃茨&迪恩，1985）上的依恋质量。这项研究将增加对婴儿幽默作为一个心理社会过程的研究，因为它有助于依恋的重要任务。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. Infancy is a critical developmental period, particularly for the development of secure attachment, which provides the cornerstone of healthy emotional functioning in childhood (Bretherton, 1992). Humorous exchanges include the responsive and synchronous interactions that are known to promote secure attachment. Despite this, little is known regarding infant humor development, particularly within the first 6 months of life and as a predictor of early attachment. The present study will describe humor development in 3 to 6 month old infants using naturalistic observation, and examine the relationship between infant humor, temperament and attachment at one year. Mothers of twenty infants will be trained to record detailed descriptions of humor perception and creation in their babies over 12 weeks, and will be videotaped during playful interaction once per month for four consecutive months. Reddy's (2001) behavioral scheme will be used to code infant humor. It is hypothesized that humor in 3 to 6 months old infants will be correlated with positive indices of infant temperament on the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (Gartstein & Rothbart, 2003), and will predict attachment quality on the Observer Attachment Q-Sort (Waters & Deane, 1985) at one year. This study will add to the small body of research on infant humor as a psychosocial process, and as it contributes to the important task of attachment.