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Individual and relational contributions to parallel and joint attention in infancy

Authors:	Osório Ana Martins Carla Meins Elizabeth Martins Eva Costa Soares Isabel

Affiliation:	^aSchool of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal;^bDepartment of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom;^cDepartment of Psychology and Communication, Instituto Superior da Maia, Maia, Portugal

Abstract:	Objective This study examined the contributions of maternal bids for joint attention, relationship quality, and infant characteristics, to individual differences in infants’ parallel and joint attention. Method Fifty-two 10-month-olds and their mothers were assessed in order to investigate concurrent predictors of infant parallel attention, responding to joint attention, and initiating joint attention. Results Parallel attention was predicted by infants’ higher mental development, low expression of negative emotionality, and maternal entertaining behaviors. Responding to joint attention was marginally predicted by total maternal bids for joint attention. Initiating joint attention was predicted by the infants’ low expression of negative emotionality, as well as marginally predicted by fewer maternal teaching behaviors. Conclusion These results further the understanding of the factors influencing infant parallel as well as joint attention.

Keywords:	Parallel attention Joint attention Infancy
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