TITLE:
                 A longitudinal study of maternal interactional styles and infant visual attention.
AUTHOR:
                 Saxon, Terrill F. | Frick, Janet E. | Colombo, John
AUTH. AFFIL:
                 Baylor U, School of Education, Waco, TX, USA
PUBLISHED:
                 1997
PUBLICATION:
                 Merrill-Palmer Quarterly | 1997 Jan | Vol 43 (1) | pp. 48-66
NOTES:
                 Doc. Type: Journal Article | English | Form/Content Type: Empirical Study; Followup Study | Special
                 Feature: References | ISSN/ISBN: 0272-930X

 ABSTRACT: Sixty-five mother-infant dyads (infants at ages 6 and 8 mo) participated in a longitudinal study of interactional
 and attentional relationships. Interaction was coded as attention following (AF), attention switching (AS), or joint attention. A
 laboratory-based assessment of infant fixation duration was used. AF and AS were unrelated at 6 mo but inversely related at
 8 mo. Surprisingly, AF and AS were unrelated to joint attention. All variables were stable, and, except for a few correlations
 at 6 mo, fixation duration was unrelated to interaction variables. These findings suggest that joint attention does not typically
 occur with infants younger than 9 mo, but mothers may begin a pattern of interaction, AF or AS, with the young infant before
 joint attention emerges. ((c) 1997 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)

 DESCRIPTORS:
        (*=Major)
                 Attention * | Mother Child Relations * | (Adulthood) (Childhood) (Mothers) (Eye Fixation) (Followup
                 Studies) (Infants)
   KEY PHRASE:
                 eye fixation duration & attention following & attention switching & joint attention, mothers & their 6 mo
                 olds, 2 mo followup
  CLASS. CODE:
                 Psychosocial & Personality Development (2840)
   AGE GROUP:
                 Childhood (birth-12 yrs) | Infancy (1-23 mo) | Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
  POPULATION:
                 Human | Male | Female
       UPDATE:
                 19970101