Mother-Child Play and Emerging Social Behaviors among Infants from Maltreating Families

Autor/inn/en	Valentino, Kristin; Cicchetti, Dante; Toth, Sheree L.; Rogosch, Fred A.
Titel	Mother-Child Play and Emerging Social Behaviors among Infants from Maltreating Families
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 42 (2006) 3, S.474-485 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Parent Child Relationship; Mothers; Play; Infants; Family Violence; Comparative Analysis; Social Behavior; Cognitive Development; Family Environment; Child Abuse; Fathers; Interpersonal Competence; Predictor Variables; Parent Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Spiel; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Kognitive Entwicklung; Familienmilieu; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Prädiktor
Abstract	Mother-child play of 12-month-old infants (N = 130) from maltreating (N = 78) and nonmaltreating (N = 52) families was analyzed as a context that integrates infants' developing social and cognitive skills. Play was coded from semistructured and unstructured play paradigms. No group differences were found in infants' play maturity. Infants from abusing families demonstrated more imitative play than infants from nonmaltreating families, and engaged in less independent play than infants from both neglecting and nonmaltreating families, suggesting a delay in emerging social behaviors. Mothers from abusing and nonmaltreating families differed in attention directing behaviors. Maternal behaviors predicted child play style variables, but did not mediate the effects of maltreatment. Findings discuss the influence of an early maltreating environment upon the development of the emergent self. Implications for early intervention are underscored. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10