Toward a synactive theory of development
Promise for the assessment and support of infant individuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11276749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heidelise Als (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 229-243 |
| Publication date | 1982-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Infant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1097-0355(198224)3:4<229::aid-imhj2280030405>3.0.co;2-h |
| OpenAlex | W2123744603 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 8 |
A theoretical model to understand and assess the individual infant is presented. Its focus is on the dynamic, continuous interplay of various subsystems within the organism: the autonomic system, the motor system, the state organizational system, the attentional-interactive system, and the self-regulatory system. The organism forges ahead negotiating emerging developmental agenda while simultaneously seeking to attain a new level of modulated, functional competence. Developmentally salient aspects of the environment are actively sought as fuel in this process. This synactive model of development promises to be helpful in identifying specific ingredients of the early developmental process and in structuring specific supports for preventive and ameliorative work when difficulties in differentiation and regulation are identified. An assessment procedure to systematically identify difficult areas of modulation integration is briefly described and examples of environmental structuring are given.
Biology · Business · Cognitive science · Competence (human resources) · Knowledge management · Negotiation · Organism · Process (computing) · Process management · Salient · Sociology · Structuring · Artificial Intelligence · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Parenting Preterm Children
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Prenatal Cardiac Function and Postnatal Cognitive Development
Infant arousal in an en-face exchange with a new partner
Collaborative Consultation With Parents and Infants in the Perinatal Period
Prematurity, Neonatal Health Status, and Later Child Behavioral/Emotional Problems
Labeling effects of infant health and parent demographics on nurses' ratings of preterm infant behavior
Integrating an understanding of brain development into early childhood education
Colic and fussing in infancy, and sensory processing at 3 to 8 years of age
Socioemotional adaptation of preterm infants at three years
The effects of Brazelton intervention
Non-pharmacological management of neonatal pain
Fetal Neurobehavioral Development
Programs for parents of infants and toddlers
Early patterns of maternal attachment
Parents’ Experiences of the First Year at Home with an Infant Born Extremely Preterm with and without Post-Discharge Intervention
Mother–Preterm Infant Contingent Interactions During Supported Infant-Directed Singing in the Nicu—A Feasibility Study
Key Components of Parenting Education Interventions for Preterm Infant–Parent Dyads Admitted to the Nicu
Postpartum Experiences of Early Skin-to-Skin Contact and the Traditional Separation Approach After a Very Preterm Birth
Content Validity, Feasibility, and Acceptability of the Neurosense PremmieEd Programme, a South African Premature Parenting Education Intervention for the Nicu Parent
Stability and Change in Longitudinal Associations between Child Behavior Problems and Maternal Stress in Families with Preterm Born Children, Follow-Up after a RCT-Study
Behavioral features of early reactivity
Music therapy for premature infants and their parents
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2026 (38) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |