Patterns of Early Infant Socialization: A Descriptive Analysis of Mother- and Father-Infant Interaction in the Home

The purpose of this study was to provide descriptive data on developmental changes in the nature of mother- and father-infant interaction patterns from the infant's 11th to 17th month of life. Mothers and fathers of 24 first-born infants (four boys and four girls at each of three ages--11, 14, and 17 months) were observed during naturalistic observation sessions in their homes. During these sessions, observers made a detailed record of all parent-infant interactions through the use of a coding system based on Schaffer's model of early socialization, and derived from earlier research on parent-infant play. In using this system, observers coded all parent-infant interactions as sequences of mutually exclusive parental attempts to elicit, facilitate, or control infant social, locomotor, and exploratory behavior.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Power, Thomas George

• Psychology, Developmental

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8108631

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/66589