Vagal Reactivity and Affective Adjustment in Infants during Interaction Challenges.

Bazhenova, Olga V.; Plonskaia, Oxana; Porges, Stephen W.

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ERIC Number: EJ643696

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Publication Date: 2001

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Vagal Reactivity and Affective Adjustment in Infants during Interaction Challenges.

Bazhenova, Olga V.; Plonskaia, Oxana; Porges, Stephen W.

Child Development, v72 n5 p1314-26 Sep-Oct 2001

Evaluated respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and heart period in 5-month-olds during interaction challenges. Found that during object-mediated challenge, RSA increases were uniquely related to positive engagement. During person-mediated challenge, subjects showed more complex integration of autonomic and behavioral responses such that only infants exhibiting a particular pattern of RSA decrease demonstrated regulation of behavioral activity, including concordant stress recovery. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Attention, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response, Heart Rate, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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