Department of Philosophy, Education, and Psychology.
Dev Psychol. 2013 Dec;49(12):2257-71. doi: 10.1037/a0032268. Epub 2013 Mar 25.
A microgenetic research design with a multiple case study method and a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses was used to investigate interdyad differences in real-time dynamics and developmental change processes in mother-infant face-to-face communication over the first 3 months of life. Weekly observations of 24 mother-infant dyads with analyses performed dyad by dyad showed that most dyads go through 2 qualitatively different developmental phases of early face-to-face communication: After a phase of mutual attentiveness, mutual engagement begins in Weeks 7-8, with infant smiling and cooing bidirectionally linked with maternal mirroring. This gives rise to sequences of positive feedback that, by the 3rd month, dynamically stabilizes into innovative play routines. However, when there is a lack of bidirectional positive feedback between infant and maternal behaviors, and a lack of permeability of the early communicative patterns to incorporate innovations, the development of the mutual engagement phase is compromised. The findings contribute both to theories of relationship change processes and to clinical work with at-risk mother-infant interactions.
采用微观发生学研究设计，结合多案例研究方法和定量与定性分析，本研究旨在探究生命最初 3 个月母婴面对面互动中实时动态和发展变化过程在个体间的差异。对 24 对母婴对进行每周观察，并对每一对母婴进行分析，结果显示，大多数母婴对经历了早期面对面互动的两个不同的发展阶段：在相互关注阶段之后，从第 7-8 周开始，母婴之间的相互参与开始，婴儿微笑和咕咕声双向与母亲的镜像联系在一起。这引发了一系列的正反馈，到第三个月，这些正反馈动态稳定为创新的游戏模式。然而，如果母婴行为之间缺乏双向正反馈，早期沟通模式缺乏渗透性以融入创新，那么相互参与阶段的发展就会受到影响。这些发现既有助于关系变化过程理论的发展，也有助于对高危母婴互动进行临床工作。
