Vaughan Van Hecke Amy, Mundy Peter C, Acra C Françoise, Block Jessica J, Delgado Christine E F, Parlade Meaghan V, Meyer Jessica A, Neal A Rebecca, Pomares Yuly B
University of Miami, USA.
Child Dev. 2007 Jan-Feb;78(1):53-69. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00985.x.
Infant joint attention has been observed to be related to social-emotional outcomes in at-risk children. To address whether this relation is also evident in typically developing children, 52 children were tested at 12, 15, 24, and 30 months to examine associations between infant joint attention and social outcomes. Twelve-month initiating and responding to joint attention were related to 30-month social competence and externalizing behavior, even when accounting for 15-month temperament ratings, 24-month cognition and language, and demographic variables. These results suggest that, in addition to associations with language and cognition, infant joint attention reflects robust aspects of development that are related to individual differences in the emergence of social and behavioral competence in childhood.
研究发现，婴儿的共同注意与高危儿童的社会情感发展结果有关。为了探究这种关系在正常发育儿童中是否也很明显，研究人员对52名儿童在12个月、15个月、24个月和30个月时进行了测试，以检验婴儿共同注意与社会发展结果之间的关联。即使将15个月时的气质评分、24个月时的认知和语言能力以及人口统计学变量纳入考虑，12个月时发起和回应共同注意的能力仍与30个月时的社会能力和外化行为有关。这些结果表明，除了与语言和认知的关联外，婴儿的共同注意还反映了儿童期社会和行为能力出现过程中与个体差异相关的强大发展方面。
