INFANT HUMOR AND TEMPERAMENT FROM 3 TO 6 MONTHS AND ATTACHMENT AT ONE YEAR

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 婴儿期是一个关键的发展时期，尤其是安全依恋的发展，它为儿童健康的情绪功能提供了基石(Bretherton，1992)。幽默交流包括已知的促进安全依恋的响应性和同步互动。尽管如此，关于婴儿幽默感的发展，特别是在婴儿出生后的前6个月，以及作为早期依恋的预测指标，人们知之甚少。本研究将采用自然观察法描述3-6个月大婴儿的幽默发展，并在一岁时检验婴儿幽默、气质和依恋之间的关系。20名婴儿的母亲将接受培训，在超过12周的时间里记录他们婴儿的幽默感知和创造的详细描述，并在连续四个月的游戏互动中每月录制一次视频。雷迪(2001)的行为模式将被用来编码婴儿幽默。假设3-6个月大婴儿的幽默感与修订的婴儿行为问卷(Gartstein&Rothbart，2003)中的婴儿气质的积极指数相关，并在一年后预测观察者依恋Q-Sort(Waters&Deane，1985)中的依恋质量。这项研究将增加关于婴儿幽默作为一种心理社会过程以及对依恋这一重要任务的研究。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. 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.