The impact of maternal gaze responsiveness on infants’ gaze following and later vocabulary development

IF 1.9 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2023-12-22 DOI:10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101917

Eugenia Wildt, Katharina J. Rohlfing

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Abstract

Research has shown that infants’ language development is influenced by their gaze following—an ability linked to their cognitive and social development. Following social learning approaches, this pilot study explored whether variations in gaze following and later vocabulary scores relate to early mother–infant interactions by focusing on the role of mothers’ gaze responsiveness in infants’ attentional and language development. We recruited 15 mother–child pairs in Poland and assessed their engagement in joint attention episodes. Results indicate that mothers foster their infants' gaze-following ability by providing them with numerous opportunities to participate in the task. We also confirmed a correlation between infants’ gaze-following ability at 6 months and their vocabulary scores at 24 months. However, combining both infants’ gaze following and mothers’ gaze monitoring as predictors in one model revealed that maternal gaze monitoring was a stronger predictor of infants’ later vocabulary growth. Overall, this study emphasizes that mothers’ gaze responsiveness is a crucial feature of scaffolding that impacts on infants’ gaze following and language development.

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母亲的凝视反应能力对婴儿的凝视跟踪和日后词汇发展的影响。

研究表明，婴儿的语言发展受其目光追随能力的影响--这种能力与婴儿的认知和社会发展息息相关。根据社会学习方法，这项试验性研究通过关注母亲的注视反应能力在婴儿的注意力和语言发展中的作用，探讨了注视跟随的变化和日后的词汇得分是否与早期的母婴互动有关。我们在波兰招募了 15 对母婴，并评估了他们参与联合注意力事件的情况。结果表明，母亲通过为婴儿提供大量参与任务的机会来培养他们的目光追随能力。我们还证实，婴儿 6 个月时的注视跟踪能力与他们 24 个月时的词汇量得分之间存在相关性。然而，将婴儿的注视跟踪能力和母亲的注视监控能力作为一个预测因素结合在一个模型中，结果显示，母亲的注视监控能力对婴儿日后的词汇量增长有更强的预测作用。总之，本研究强调，母亲的注视反应能力是影响婴儿注视跟随和语言发展的重要支架特征。

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Infant Behavior & Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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4.10

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4.80%

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期刊介绍： Infant Behavior & Development publishes empirical (fundamental and clinical), theoretical, methodological and review papers. Brief reports dealing with behavioral development during infancy (up to 3 years) will also be considered. Papers of an inter- and multidisciplinary nature, for example neuroscience, non-linear dynamics and modelling approaches, are particularly encouraged. Areas covered by the journal include cognitive development, emotional development, perception, perception-action coupling, motor development and socialisation.