Dyadic flexibility during the face-to-face still-face paradigm: a dynamic systems analysis of its temporal organization

Infant Behav Dev. 2013 Jun;36(3):432-7. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.03.013. Epub 2013 Apr 30.

Abstract

A dynamic systems analytical model was used to characterize infant-caregiver regulatory dynamics. Though stable, there was an increase in dyadic flexibility following a perturbation. Dyadic flexibility was positively related to infant negativity during the perturbation. Findings were qualified by infant sex and maternal depressive symptoms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Caregivers / psychology*
  • Depression, Postpartum / psychology*
  • Face
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mother-Child Relations*
  • Mothers / psychology*
  • Sex Factors
  • Systems Analysis