| Title: |
Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age |
| Authors: |
Rigato, Silvia; Vrticka, Pascal; Stets, Manuela; Holmboe, Karla |
| Contributors: |
Ballarotto, Giulia |
| Publisher Information: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
University of Essex Research Repository |
| Description: |
This longitudinal study investigated the associations between mother-infant interaction characteristics at 9 months of age, maternal mental health, infant temperament in the first year postpartum, and child behaviour at 3 years of age. The infants (N = 54, 22 females) mainly had White British ethnic backgrounds (85.7%). Results showed that i) mother-infant dyadic affective mutuality positively correlated with infant falling reactivity, suggesting that better infant regulatory skills are associated with the dyad’s ability to share and understand each other’s emotions; and ii) maternal respect for infant autonomy predicted fewer child peer problems at 3 years of age, suggesting that maternal respect for the validity of the infant’s individuality promotes better social and emotional development in early childhood. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://repository.essex.ac.uk/38181/1/journal.pone.0302661.pdf; Rigato, Silvia and Vrticka, Pascal and Stets, Manuela and Holmboe, Karla (2024) Mother-infant interaction characteristics associate with infant falling reactivity and child peer problems at pre-school age. PLoS One, 19 (6). e0302661-e0302661. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302661 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0302661 |
| Availability: |
https://repository.essex.ac.uk/38181/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302661; https://repository.essex.ac.uk/38181/1/journal.pone.0302661.pdf |
| Rights: |
cc_by_4 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.D6CBDE75 |
| Database: |
BASE |