Associations between mother–child interaction and children's later self and mother feature knowledge

✍ Scribed by Judith Harel; David Oppenheim; Emanuel Tirosh; Motti Gini

• Book ID: 101244233
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 132 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0163-9641
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0355(199922)20:2<123::aid-imhj1>3.0.co;2-i

✦ Synopsis

Associations between mother-child interaction at 12 months and children's feature knowledge of self and mother at 20 months were investigated in 81 dyads. Mother-Child interaction was assessed by scales adapted from the Parent Child Early Relational Assessment (1985). Self-and mother knowledge were assessed by Self-and Mother Feature Knowledge Scales. Associations were found between motherchild interaction and later self-and mother feature knowledge. Maternal behavior characterized by positive affect and sensitive responsiveness and child behavior characterized by positive affect, responsiveness, and balanced attention between mother and environment were related to a more complex knowledge of self and mother. On sensorimotor items children knew more about self than about mother while on representational items children knew more about mother than about self. The findings support the view that more harmonious interactions are related to more complex self-and mother feature knowledge.

RESUMEN: Se investigaron las asociaciones entre la interaccio ´n madre-nin ˜o a los 12 meses, y el conocimiento que el nin ˜o tiene de las caracterı ´sticas propias y de la madre a los 20 meses, en 81 dı ´adas. La interaccio ´n madre-nin ˜o fue evaluada por medio de escalas adaptadas de la Evaluacio ´n de la Temprana Relacio ´n entre Madre-Hijo (Clark, 1985). El conocimiento propio y de la madre fue evaluado por medio