Author:
Crockenberg Susan C.,Leerkes Esther M.,BÁrrig JÓ Patricia S.
Abstract
AbstractThe degree to which infant attention behaviors, together with infant reactivity to frustrating events, predict aggressive behavior at 2.5 years, and the moderating effect of maternal behavior were tested with 64 low-risk mothers and infants. Mothers rated infant negative reactivity at 5 months and aggressive behavior and maternal trait anger at 2.5 years; infant and maternal behaviors were observed at 6 months. Based on hierarchical multiple regressions, infantattention tofrustrating events at 6 months positively predicted aggressive behavior, whereaslooking away fromfrustrating events was associated with less aggressive behavior for girls only. High reactivity to limits predicted aggressive behavior only when mothers encouraged infant attentiontothe frustrating event, suggesting that maternal behavior amplifies developmental pathways associated with infant temperament.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Developmental and Educational Psychology
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