Relationships between regulatory temperament dimensions and self-regulatory behaviors at 4 and 6 months of age

Autor: Tiziana Aureli, L. Picconi, Silvia Ponzetti, Gabrielle Coppola, Annalisa Grazia
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Infant Behavior and Development. 38:162-166
ISSN: 0163-6383
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.12.013
Popis: The present study focused on relationships between temperament and behavior in early regulation development. Unlike most studies on the topic, we observed infant behavior in a naturalistic playful situation rather than in experimental stressful procedure, and employed temperament measures uniquely reflecting regulatory dispositions rather than a global measure of reactivity. The infant's self-regulatory behaviors were observed at 4 and 6 months during face-to-face interactions and regulatory dimensions were assessed at 4 months. We found that low intensity pleasure and soothability dimensions, related to the infant physical and social experience, respectively, significantly affected regulatory behavior and their influence showed to depend on the infant's age, with the former dimension being influential at the earlier age and the latter being influential when the behavior was observed at the later age. Results are interpreted on the light of a dynamic view of regulation development.
Databáze: OpenAIRE