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Social referencing in infants of mothers with symptoms of depression |
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| Authors: | Martha Pelaez Javier Virues-Ortega Tiffany M. Field Yalda Amir-Kiaei Gabriel Schnerch |
| Affiliation: | 1. College of Education, Florida International University, Miami, United States;2. Psychology Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;3. St. Amant Research Centre, Winnipeg, Canada;4. Touch Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States |
| Abstract: | The present study examined the acquisition of social referencing skills in infants of mothers with symptoms of depression (n = 44). We aimed to determine if a short discrimination training could facilitate infants’ social referencing. Mothers were instructed to pose either joyful or fearful facial expressions to cue infants’ approach/avoidance responses toward an ambiguous object. Maternal expressions were correlated with pleasant or unpleasant events occurring after the infant's response. The results showed that after the intervention, infants looked at their mothers more frequently and reached or avoided the ambiguous object based on the preceding maternal expression. The results suggest that discrimination training procedures can establish social referencing in infants of mothers with symptoms of depression. |
| Keywords: | Depression Facial expression Social referencing Early social development Infant Discrimination training |
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