Zoom, Zoom, Baby! Assessing Mother-Infant Interaction During the Still Face Paradigm and Infant Language Development

Autor: Nancy L, McElwain, Yannan, Hu, Xiaomei, Li, Meghan C, Fisher, Jenny C, Baldwin, Jordan M, Bodway
Rok vydání: 2021
Zdroj: Frontiers in psychology. 12
ISSN: 1664-1078
Popis: The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated innovations in data collection protocols, including use of virtual or remote visits. Although developmental scientists used virtual visits prior to COVID-19, validation of virtual assessments of infant socioemotional and language development are lacking. We aimed to fill this gap by validating a virtual visit protocol that assesses mother and infant behavior during the Still Face Paradigm (SFP) and infant receptive and expressive communication using the Bayley-III Screening Test. Validation was accomplished through comparisons of data (i.e., proportions of missing data for a given task; observed infant and maternal behaviors) collected during in-person laboratory visits and virtual visits conducted
Databáze: OpenAIRE