Development of Spontaneous Grandparent-Infant Imitation across the First Year of Life

Autor/inn/en	Kokkinaki, Theano; Germanakis, Ioannis; Pratikaki, Anastasia
Titel	Development of Spontaneous Grandparent-Infant Imitation across the First Year of Life
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 182 (2012) 5, S.553-569 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2011.565336
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Video Technology; Nonverbal Communication; Imitation; Infants; Cognitive Development; Social Experience; Grandparents; Individual Development; Comparative Analysis; Vowels; Phonemes; Interaction; Intervals; Foreign Countries; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Kognitive Entwicklung; Soziale Erfahrung; Großeltern; Individuelle Entwicklung; Fonem; Interaktion; Ausland; Griechenland
Abstract	The aim of the present study was to explore and compare systematically the developmental patterns of certain aspects of imitation, longitudinally from 2 to 10 months, in interactions of infants with grandfathers and grandmothers. Sixteen infants were video-recorded at home in the course of spontaneous dyadic interactions with maternal grandfathers and grandmothers. Micro-analysis of imitative episodes provided evidence of "similarities" in the developmental pattern of infant imitations, totally and of certain imitated acts, and infant turn-taking imitations, while "differences" were found for infant imitation, totally, and for vowel-consonant imitation, the developmental pattern of infant co-actions and facial expression imitations. Grandfathers and grandmothers offer infants a sense of "consistency"--with predictable and overlapping behaviours--and a "redundant variety" of stimulatory and unique communications. It is assumed that grandfathers constitute carefully attentive, sensitive communicating partners and unique emotional components of infants' social experience who promote adaptive development. (Contains 1 table and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10