Mother-Infant Vagal Regulation in the Face-To-Face Still-Face Paradigm Is Moderated by Maternal Sensitivity

Parents' physiological regulation may support infants' regulation. Mothers (N = 152) and 6-month-old male and female infants were observed in normal and disrupted social interaction. Affect was coded at 1-s intervals and vagal tone measured as respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). Maternal s...

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Published in:	Child development 2009-01, Vol.80 (1), p.209-223
Main Authors:	Moore, Ginger A., Hill-Soderlund, Ashley L., Propper, Cathi B., Calkins, Susan D., Mills-Koonce, W. Roger, Cox, Martha J.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Affect - physiology Anatomical systems Arousal - physiology Attachment Behavior Babies Biological and medical sciences Cardiac arrhythmia Child care Child development Developmental psychology Dyadic relations Dyadics Emotional Response Empirical Articles Face Facial Expression Family studies Female Females Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Heart Rate - physiology Homeostasis - physiology Humans Infant Infants Interaction Interpersonal Relationship Intervals Male Maternal Behavior - physiology Maternal Behavior - psychology Medical disorders Mother-Child Relations Motherhood Mothers Newborn. Infant Parent Child Relationship Parents Parents & parenting Personality Assessment Physiological regulation Physiology Play and Playthings Psychological distress Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Regulation Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Responsiveness Reunion Self control Self regulation Sensitivity Social engagement Social interaction Still face Vagus Nerve - physiopathology
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