Age-Specific Preferences for Infant-Directed Affective Intent

Infancy : the Official Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies
Christine Kitamura, Christa Lam

Abstract

This study examined the developmental course of infants' attentional preferences for 3 types of infant-directed affective intent, which have been shown to be commonly used at particular ages in the first year of life. Specifically, Kitamura and Burnham (2003) found mothers' tone of voice in infant-directed speech is most comforting between birth and 3 months, most approving at 6 months, and most directive at 9 months. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess whether there is a relation between the type of affective intent used by mothers at each age point, and infants' affective intent preferences. Each infant group, 3-, 6-, and 9-month-olds, was played the 3 types of affective intent alternating across a single test session. When analyzed across age, the interactions revealed the predicted developmental trajectory; that is, infant preferences transformed between 3 and 6 months from comforting to approving, and between 6 and 9 months, from approving to directive. However, when analyzed separately by age, it was shown that 3-month-olds preferred comforting to other types; 6-month-olds preferred approving to directive, but listened equally to approving and comforting; and 9-month-olds showed no preference for any type of affecti...Continue Reading

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Nov 19, 2013·Infancy : the Official Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies·Katharine Graf Estes, Karinna Hurley
Feb 4, 2014·Language Learning and Development : the Official Journal of the Society for Language Development·Laura L PorrittPeter S Kaplan
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Mar 12, 2010·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR·Christa Lam, Christine Kitamura
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