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Mother–infant affect synchrony as an antecedent of the emergence of self-control.

Feldman, Ruth, Greenbaum, Charles W., Yirmiya, Nurit·1999·Developmental Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0012-1649.35.1.223
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This study examined relations between mother-infant affect synchrony and the emergence of children's self-control. Mother-infant face-to-face play and infant difficult temperament were examined at 3 and 9 months. Maternal and infant affective states at play were coded in 0.25-s frames, and synchrony was computed with cross-correlation functions. Self-control, verbal IQ, and maternal warm discipline were assessed at 2 years. Maternal synchrony with infant affect at 3 months (infant-leads-mother-follows relation) and mutual synchrony at 9 months (cross-dependence between maternal and infant affect) were each related to self-control at 2 years when temperament, IQ, and maternal style were partialed. Infant temperament moderated the relations of synchrony and self-control, and closer associations were found between mutual synchrony and self-control for difficult infants. Shorter lags to maternal synchrony at 3 months were independently related to self-control. The mutual regulation of affect in infancy, as moderated by temperament, is proposed as an important contributor to the emergence of self-regulation.

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  • Mutual affect synchrony with the mother when the child was 9 months predicted self-control abilities at age 2 years, even after controlling for temperament, IQ, and maternal style.

    “one study showed that mutual affect synchrony with the mother when the child was 9 months predicted self-control abilities at age 2 years, even after statistically controlling for temperament, IQ, and maternal style (Feldman et al., 1999).”

    From Synchrony in Psychotherapy: A Review and an Integrative Framework for the Therapeutic Alliance (2016) · cites this paper as Feldman et al., 1999

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Authors
Feldman, R., Greenbaum, C. W., & Yirmiya, N.
Affiliations
Bar-Ilan University (IL)
ORCID
Venue
Developmental Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1999
Volume
35
Issue
1
Pages
223-231
ISSN
  • 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0599
DOI
10.1037/0012-1649.35.1.223
OpenAlex
W4249450269
Cited by
630
References
1
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FWCI
15.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Keywords
self-control, infant development, parent-infant interaction, emotion regulation
MeSH terms
Adult, Child Development, Child Rearing, Child, Preschool, Emotions, Female, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Infant, Inhibition, Psychological, Intelligence, Male, Maternal Behavior, Mother-Child Relations, Prospective Studies, Regression Analysis, Social Behavior, Temperament, Time Factors, Volition, Chi-Square Distribution, Infant Behavior

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