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Dyadic Interaction: Greater than the Sum of its Parts?
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Moore, Ginger A.; Powers, Christopher J.; Bass, Anneliese J.; Cohn, Jeffrey F.; Propper, Cathi B.; Allen, Nicholas B.; Lewinsohn, Peter M. – Infancy, 2013
The study of dyadic interaction plays a major role in infancy research. To advance conceptually informed measurement of dyadic interaction and integration across studies, we examined factor structure of individual parents' and infants' measures and dyadic measures from face-to-face interactions in two samples of 6-month-old infants and…
Descriptors: Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Fathers
Three-Month-Old Infants' Reaction to Simulated Maternal Depression.
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Cohn, Jeffrey F.; Tronick, Edward Z. – Child Development, 1983
To investigate the nature of young infants' social competence, the effect of depressed maternal expression during face-to-face interaction was examined. An experimental analogue of maternal depression was employed. Subjects were 12 female and 12 male infants, ages 96 to 110 days, and their mothers. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Depression (Psychology), Infant Behavior, Infants
Face-to-Face Interactions of Depressed Mothers and Their Infants.
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Cohn, Jeffrey F.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Studies the communication of affect between depressed mothers and their infants and its relation to infant socioemotional and cognitive development through face-to-face interaction. Findings indicate that there are correspondences between the behavior of depressed mothers and their infants. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
Individual Differences among Depressed Mothers and Their Infants during Face-to-Face Interactions.
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Cohn, Jeffrey F. – 1987
This study was designed to investigate whether depressed mothers would show a predominantly negative affect or fail to provide a positive frame of experience for their babies. Two field studies of depressed mothers and their infants were conducted. A subgroup of 13 subjects and their babies from a larger project conducted in Cambridge…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Development, Emotional Experience
Mothers' Affective Behavior with Infant Siblings: Stability and Change.
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Moore, Ginger A.; Cohn, Jeffrey F.; Campbell, Susan B. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Observed face-to-face interactions between 39 mothers and their first and second-born two-month olds to evaluate within-family differences in maternal affective behavior toward siblings. Found that mothers were more positive with second-borns than firstborns, and second-borns were more positive than firstborns. Siblings' affective behaviors were…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Birth Order
Are Max-Specified Infant Facial Expressions during Face-to-Face Interaction Consistent with Differential Emotions Theory?
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Matias, Reinaldo; Cohn, Jeffrey F. – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Examined infant facial expressions at two, four, and six months of age during face-to-face play and a still-face interaction with their mothers. Contrary to differential emotions theory, at no age did proportions or durations of discrete and blended negative expressions differ; they also showed different patterns of developmental change. (MM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Emotional Development, Emotional Response
Infant Affective Responses to Mother's Still Face at 6 Months Differentially Predict Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors at 18 Months.
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Moore, Ginger A.; Cohn, Jeffrey F.; Campbell, Susan B. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Investigated stability and change in infant affective responses to still-face interaction, impact of maternal depression, and whether infant responses predicted toddler problem behaviors. Found stable individual differences in gazing away and rates of negative affect. Gazing away increased over time. Mothers' current depressive symptoms and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Problems, Emotional Response, Eye Movements