Foundations of attention sharing: Orienting and responding to attention in term and preterm 5-month-old infants

Gattis, Merideth; Winstanley, Alice; Sperotto, Rebecca; Putnick, Diane L.; Bornstein, Marc H.

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101466

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“…Trained researchers coded parenting behaviours from parent-infant interactions in two stages using Mangold Interact software (Mangold, Software & Consulting, 2000 ). In the first stage, researchers exhaustively coded each interaction for encouragement of infant attention to the caregiver (social), encouragement of infant attention to toys or other objects in the room (objects), and no encouragement of attention (none; Bornstein et al, 2001 , 1991 ; Cote & Bornstein, 2000 ; Gattis et al, 2020 ). This coding stage allowed us to identify all encouragement of attention events (referred to as attention-directing events in Landry et al, 1996 ) and additionally to distinguish between events according to focus of attention so that we could evaluate social- versus object-focused events separately.…”

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“…To capture the context, timing, and appropriateness of parenting behaviours we chose a micro-coding approach that drew on two established observational coding systems (Bornstein et al, 1991 ; Landry et al, 1996 ). We first identified all episodes in which a parent encouraged infant attention to herself or to an object (Bornstein et al, 2001 , 1991 ; Cote & Bornstein, 2000 ; Gattis et al, 2020 ). We then assigned each event, or parenting behaviour, to one of three categories: maintaining, introducing, or redirecting attention (Landry et al, 1996 ).…”

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Parenting beliefs about attunement and structure are related to observed parenting behaviours

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We compared self-reported parenting beliefs about caring for infants with observed parenting behaviours during play interactions between 32 parents and their infants. We measured parenting beliefs about the value of attunement and structure in caring for infants using the Baby Care Questionnaire (BCQ) (Winstanley & Gattis, 2013; Winstanley, Sperotto, Putnick, Cherian, Bornstein & Gattis, 2014). We used a micro-coding approach to distinguish between responsive parenting behaviours (maintaining infant attention) and demanding parenting behaviours (introducing or redirecting infant attention) (Landry, Garner, Swank & Baldwin, 1996). Attunement beliefs were positively related to responsive parenting behaviours and negatively related to demanding parenting behaviours. Structure beliefs were weakly related to demanding parenting behaviours. These results are an important first step toward identifying relations between self-reported parenting beliefs about attunement and structure and observed parenting behaviours.

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Parenting beliefs about attunement and structure are related to observed parenting behaviours

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“…A clear account of when and how preterm birth influences attention needs to consider evidence from naturalistic as well as experimental measures. Gattis et al (2020) evaluated orienting and responding to attention in preterm and term infants during naturalistic interactions with their mothers. To control for extrauterine experience, Gattis et al (2020) matched preterm and term infants on chronological age: all infants were observed 5 months after they were born.…”

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Attention control in preterm and term 5‐month‐old infants: Cross‐task stability increases with gestational age

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Sperotto

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Infancy

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Cross‐task stability refers to performance consistency across different settings and measures of the same construct. Cross‐task stability can help us understand developmental processes, including how risks such as preterm birth affect outcomes. We investigated cross‐task stability of attention control in 32 preterm and 39 term infants. All infants had the same chronological age at time of testing (5 months) but varied in gestational age (GA) at birth (30–42 weeks). Infants completed an experimental attention following task with a researcher and a naturalistic play observation with their mothers. Both preterm and term infants demonstrated attention following in the experimental task. GA and flexibility of attention were related: the likelihood of no turn trials decreased with increasing GA. To evaluate cross‐task stability, we compared attention performance in the experimental and naturalistic settings. Flexible attention shifts on the experimental task were positively related to attention to objects in the naturalistic observation. Furthermore, the association between flexible attention shifts on the experimental task and attention to objects in the naturalistic observation was moderated by GA. Our study provides initial evidence that the consolidation of attention control increases with GA. These findings highlight the value of comparing experimental and observational measures of attention.

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“…MZ birth is a problematic event that disrupts the establishment of parental mental representations and is a potential risk factor not only for child development but also for the construction of parental functioning and a positive mother–child relationship [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. In addition, MZ birth is generally associated with high levels of maternal stress, anxiety and depression, as well as feelings of inadequacy [ 23 , 24 ], ([ 25 ] pp. 61–68), [ 26 , 27 , 28 ].…”

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Monochorionic Twins and the Early Mother-Infant Relationship: An Exploratory Observational Study of Mother-Infant Interaction in the Post-Partum Period

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Mascheroni

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et al. 2022

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The extraordinary increase in twin rates and specifically monochorionic twin pregnancies represents a major public health issue due to the associated increased risks for the mother, the child and their relationship. The aim of the present study was to examine the quality of mothers’ behaviour during mother–infant interaction in the early postpartum period by comparing mothers of twins and mothers of singletons during face-to-face interaction with their infants. Demographic and clinical information was collected by trained research psychologists from the mothers’ and the childrens’ clinical records and from interviews with the mothers. At three months (corrected for prematurity), the interactions of the dyads (11 mother-twin infant dyads and 11 mother-singleton dyads) were filmed at participants’ homes in accordance with the procedure of the Global Rating Scales. Maternal behaviour during interactions was assessed and rated by two trained research psychologists. With regard to the mothers’ interaction with each twin, no differences were found between mothers’ scores in every GRS subscale, indicating that mothers did not interact differently with their twins. Comparisons between mothers of MC twins and mothers of singletons showed that the quality of maternal sensitive behaviour during the interactions were lower in mothers of twins (0.35) Mothers of twins were also more distant during interactions with their babies and more likely to experience depression symptoms than mothers of singletons (0.05). Future research should examine mother-infant relationships following twin birth with larger samples. Such research will be especially useful in evaluating the potential benefits of interventions to promote positive mother-infant interactions.

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Foundations of attention sharing: Orienting and responding to attention in term and preterm 5-month-old infants

Cited by 7 publications

References 67 publications

Parenting beliefs about attunement and structure are related to observed parenting behaviours

Parenting beliefs about attunement and structure are related to observed parenting behaviours

Attention control in preterm and term 5‐month‐old infants: Cross‐task stability increases with gestational age

Monochorionic Twins and the Early Mother-Infant Relationship: An Exploratory Observational Study of Mother-Infant Interaction in the Post-Partum Period

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