Associations between Mothers' Sensitivity to Their Infants' Internal States and Children's Later Understanding of Mind and Emotion

Autor/in	Ereky-Stevens, Katharina
Titel	Associations between Mothers' Sensitivity to Their Infants' Internal States and Children's Later Understanding of Mind and Emotion
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 17 (2008) 5, S.527-543 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.572
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Infants; Multivariate Analysis; Abstract Reasoning; Correlation; Parent Child Relationship; Emotional Response; Emotional Development; Play; Measurement; Affective Behavior; Task Analysis; Metacognition; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Multivariate Analyse; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Korrelation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Emotionales Verhalten; Gefühlsbildung; Spiel; Messverfahren; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Aufgabenanalyse; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	This study investigated associations between mother-infant interactions and children's subsequent understanding of mind and emotion. Mothers' tendency to comment on their infants' internal world and their general sensitivity to their infants' internal states were measured through coded play interactions at 10 months. The latter measurement included ratings on four aspects of maternal behaviour: mindful facilitation, joint attention commenting, pacing, and affect catching. In contrast to mothers' internal state language, these behaviours did not tap mothers' explicit linguistic representation of their infants' mental states. At 54 months, children's understanding of mind and emotion was measured through a range of false-belief tasks and an emotion-understanding task. Multivariate analysis revealed direct positive links between mothers' sensitivity to their infants' internal states and children's later understanding of mind. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10