Attention engagement in early infancy

Perra, Oliver and Gattis, Merideth Leigh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8665-7577 2012. Attention engagement in early infancy. Infant Behavior and Development 35 (4) , pp. 635-644. 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.06.004

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Abstract

We report a longitudinal study investigating developmental changes in the structure of attention engagement during early infancy. Forty-three infants were observed monthly from 2 to 4 months. Attention engagement was assessed from play interactions with parents, using a coding system developed by Bakeman and Adamson (1984). The results indicated a developmental transition in attention engagement at 3 months: after this age infants engaged for longer periods and in a wider variety of states. Most infants displayed person engagement at 2 months, passive joint engagement at 3 months, and object engagement at 4 months. To address whether emerging abilities of attention engagement allow infants to follow the attention of social partners, we compared attention engagement to performance on an experimental measure of attention control (reported by Perra & Gattis, 2010). Analyses revealed a positive relation between passive joint engagement and checking back, suggesting that changes in passive joint engagement reflect the development in attention control.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Longitudinal study; Infancy; Attention; Social attention; Attention engagement; Attention control; Development; Early development
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0163-6383
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 10:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/40244

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