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Attachment and joint attention in infants: the role of expectation

Mohammadzade Naghashan, Neda, Mazaheri, M.Ali, Gustafsson, Erik, Sadeghi‐Firoozabadi, Vahid, Zabihzadeh, Abbas·2021·Infancy

Abstract

Previous research highlighted the correlation between parent-infant's attachment quality and joint attention skills. However, the underlying mechanisms of this relationship are still unclear. The aim of this study was to assess whether it is by mediating the expectation component in Internal Working Models that the quality of attachment style can affect joint attention. At first, 12- to 20-month-old infants were classified into secure and insecure groups using the Strange Situation Procedure. On a following day, using a violation-of-expectation paradigm, infants were habituated to two joint attention videos. Finally, the mean looking time duration of secure and insecure infants were compared with each other between two "divergent attention" and "joint attention" videos. Infants looked longer for divergent attention videos suggesting they did have expectation regarding the appropriate response in triadic interactions. In line with our main hypothesis, secure infants, but not insecure ones, looked longer in the divergent attention situation when an attachment-related context was present, revealing the possible mediating role of "expectations" in the correlation between attachment and joint attention.

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Authors
Mohammadzade Naghashan, N., Mazaheri, M. A., Gustafsson, E., Sadeghi‐Firoozabadi, V., & Zabihzadeh, A.
Affiliations
  • Department of Clinical Psychology Shahid Behashti University Tehran Iran
  • Shahid Beheshti University (IR)
  • University of Portsmouth (GB)
Venue
Infancy
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-01-20
Volume
26
Issue
2
Pages
223-237
ISSN
  • 1525-0008 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7078
OpenAlex
W3124007059
Cited by
6
References
63
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1
FWCI
1.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Infancy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
parent-infant attachment, joint attention, internal working models, secure attachment, insecure attachment, violation-of-expectation paradigm, looking time, triadic interaction, infant social cognition, Strange Situation Procedure
MeSH terms
Attention, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Motivation, Object Attachment, Observation

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