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Emerging social regulatory capacities as seen in the still-face situation.
Child Dev. 1990 Jun; 61(3):754-63.CD

Abstract

Early mother-infant interactions support infants' abilities to deal with stressful situations such as the withdrawal of maternal attention. The "still-face" paradigm provides a framework for studying the range of social regulatory capacities available to infants during stressful times. This study examined the responses of 62 3-4-month-old infants during the still-face situation. Infants' responses were coded in real time along 3 dimensions: gaze, affect, and state. 3 findings are presented: (1) Generally, infants responded to the still-face situation with predominantly neutral affect and looking away from their mothers. (2) Infants who looked longer at their mothers early in the still-face showed longer early positive affect and protested her absence less. (3) Girls more often showed an intensely negative response to the still-face. These findings are discussed in the context of the development of social regulatory capacities in infancy.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Mayes LC
Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT 06510.
Carter AS
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AffectAttentionFemaleFixation, OcularHumansInfantMaleMaternal BehaviorMother-Child RelationsPsychology, Child

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

2364750

Citation

Mayes, L C., and A S. Carter. "Emerging Social Regulatory Capacities as Seen in the Still-face Situation." Child Development, vol. 61, no. 3, 1990, pp. 754-63.
Mayes LC, Carter AS. Emerging social regulatory capacities as seen in the still-face situation. Child Dev. 1990;61(3):754-63.
Mayes, L. C., & Carter, A. S. (1990). Emerging social regulatory capacities as seen in the still-face situation. Child Development, 61(3), 754-63.
Mayes LC, Carter AS. Emerging Social Regulatory Capacities as Seen in the Still-face Situation. Child Dev. 1990;61(3):754-63. PubMed PMID: 2364750.
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