Mother-infant synchrony and the development of moral orientation in childhood and adolescence: direct and indirect mechanisms of developmental continuity

The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Ruth Feldman

Abstract

Links between the temporal parameters of mother-infant synchrony and moral orientation in adolescence were examined in 31 children monitored from 3 months to 13 years. At 3 and 9 months, mother's and infant's affective states during face-to-face play were microcoded and synchrony was assessed with time-series analysis. Verbal IQ, behavior problems, child self-regulated compliance, and maternal warm control discipline were examined at 2, 4, and 6 years. Moral cognition and dialogical empathy were evaluated at 6 and 13 years. Three mechanisms of continuity were proposed: continuity in small steps, continuity through a mediating variable, and direct continuity. Mother-infant synchrony across the 1st year, indexed by the lagged associations between maternal and infant affective involvement, predicted verbal IQ and behavior adaptation, which in turn predicted moral cognition. Child self-regulated compliance across the toddler and preschool years mediated the relations between the lead-lag structure of early interactions and the adolescent's dialogical skills. Direct associations were found between mother-infant synchrony and the capacity for empathy in adolescence. Participating in a synchronous exchange may sensitize infants to the...Continue Reading

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Sep 24, 2013·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience·Shir AtzilRuth Feldman
Oct 30, 2016·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience·Eyal AbrahamRuth Feldman
Dec 20, 2015·Autism : the International Journal of Research and Practice·Sharon Ostfeld-EtzionOfer Golan
Feb 1, 2017·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Naomi V EkasDaniel S Messinger
Apr 6, 2017·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·Caroline MoulMark R Dadds
Jul 25, 2009·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·Ruth FeldmanEva Gilboa-Schechtman
Jan 4, 2017·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·Ruth Feldman
Jan 24, 2017·International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology·Marta Knijnik LucionMarcia Kauer-Sant'Anna
Apr 13, 2017·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience·Jonathan LevyRuth Feldman
Dec 12, 2012·Autism : the International Journal of Research and Practice·Rebecca L GrzadzinskiCatherine Lord
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Feb 23, 2020·PloS One·Miao ChengChia-Huei Tseng
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Oct 12, 2017·Frontiers in Psychology·Livio ProvenziRosario Montirosso
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