aCentre for Research in Human Development, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, PY-170, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6;bDepartment of Psychology, University of Utah, United States
Abstract:
The types of touch used by 12 mothers with their 1-, 3- and 5.5-month-old infants were examined longitudinally during two different interaction contexts lasting 5 min each. Changes in maternal touching as a function of infants’ age and interaction context were revealed.