An Observation of Early Parent-Infant Social Interactions in Relation to the Emergence of Joint Attention in the Natural Environment Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title An Observation of Early Parent-Infant Social Interactions in Relation to the Emergence of Joint Attention in the Natural Environment

Creator

  • Author: Pinsky, Karen
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Rosales-Ruiz, Jesus
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor
  • Committee Member: Vaidya, Manish
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2010-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Early interactions between parents and infants are thought to be critical of later development. In particular joint attention has been an area of research and investigations. This study sought to measure joint attention behaviors in infants from 5 to 33 weeks of age under naturalistic conditions: in the home with the mother as the interaction partner given no instructions. Videotapes of the infant-parent interactions were observed and data were collected on behaviors related to joint attention. Given observations occur at younger ages than other studies considered, engagement data results indicate increasing trends for 3 of the 5 infants observed while the direction of infant gaze results indicate patterns consistent with descriptions currently in the literature. Parent behavior data indicate high levels of support in engaging infant attention. Furthering an understanding of joint attention by observing at earlier ages in infant development may be useful in informing teaching programs for infants who have not developed joint attention skills.
  • Physical Description: vi, 91 p. : ill.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Joint attention.
  • Keyword: infant-parent interactions
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Parent and infant.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Infants -- Development.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Pinsky, Karen
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 695558357
  • UNT Catalog No.: b3886209
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc30428

Degree

  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Discipline: Behavior Analysis
  • Academic Department: Department of Behavior Analysis
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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