Effects of negative temperament on 5-month-old infants' behavior during the still-face paradigm

Kathryn Yoo; Bethany C Reeb-Sutherland

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.03.002

Effects of negative temperament on 5-month-old infants' behavior during the still-face paradigm

Infant Behav Dev. 2013 Jun;36(3):344-8. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.03.002. Epub 2013 Apr 9.

Authors

Kathryn Yoo¹, Bethany C Reeb-Sutherland

Affiliation

¹ Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

Abstract

Five-month-old infants characterized as low or high on temperamental negativity participated with their mothers in the still-face paradigm. Compared to low negative infants, high negative infants displayed greater negative engagement during reunion suggesting that infant temperament significantly contributes to individual differences in the still-face effect.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Face
Female
Humans
Individuality
Infant
Infant Behavior / psychology*
Male
Mother-Child Relations*
Mothers / psychology
Temperament*

Grants and funding

R01 MH080759/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States