EARLY INTERACTIVE PROCESSES: MOTHER/INFANT ADAPTATION

描述：拟议的研究将检查复杂的或有事件 母亲和婴儿在家庭环境中相互作用的比例 生命的第一年。采用动态系统方法 调查人员希望改进传统的方法来 同时考虑婴儿和母亲行为的“母性反应” 同时。使用216盘高质量的录像带，已经制作了20分钟 在自然主义背景下的母婴互动会议， 调查人员希望使用一种新的方法来编码这些行为 描述相互作用的特征。样本代表了一个不同的杂交组合 在母亲的年龄、婚姻状况和社会经济地位方面不同的人口部分。 其目的是：1)检查行为之间的复杂偶然性 通过关注母亲和婴儿在互动中的反应性 两个二联体成员，反应的特异性，对一个反应的潜伏期 另一种是对每个伴侣的先行行为进行分析；以及2)研究 在会议期间相互适应，并在4至4岁之间纵向适应 12个月。这些分析将评估互动优势以及 语境对相互适应的影响。数据分析方法将 使用滞后序贯方法以及对数线性分析来回答 提出了一些问题。

DESCRIPTION: The research proposed will examine the complex contingencies of mothers and infants interacting with each other in home settings during the first year of life. Adapting a dynamic systems approach of communication, the investigator hopes to refine the traditional approach to "maternal responsiveness" by considering both infant and mother behaviors simultaneously. Using 216 high-quality videotapes already made of 20-minute sessions of mother-infant interaction in naturalistic settings, the investigator expects to code the behaviors using a new approach for characterizing the interactions. The sample represents a diverse cross section of the population varying in maternal age, marital status, and SES. The aims are to: 1) examine the complex contingencies between the behaviors of mothers and infants during interaction by focusing on responsiveness of both dyad members, specificity of responses, latencies to respond to one another, and analysis of antecedent behaviors for each partner; and 2) study mutual adaptation during the sessions and longitudinally between ages 4 and 12 months. These analyses will evaluate interactional dominance as well as effects of context on mutual adaptation. The data analytic approach will use lag sequential methods as well as loglinear analyses to answer the questions posed.