Nine‐month‐olds' triangular interactive strategies with their parents' couple in low‐coordination families

A descriptive study

Bibliographic Data

ID11277329
AuthorsÉlisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge (corresponding author), E Fivaz‐Depeursinge, S Cairo, Chloé Lavanchy Scaiola, Nicolas Favez (0000-0003-1744-7602)
Year2012
Volume33
Issue1
Pages10-21
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInfant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/imhj.20314
PMID28520107
OpenAlexW2089890322
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

Observing infants in triadic situations has revealed their triangular competence; namely, their ability to interact with both parents by simultaneously sharing their attention and affects with them. Infants' triangular interaction is linked with the coparenting unit's degree of coordination; in high‐coordination (HC) families, parents act as a team in relation to the child, thus drawing clear and flexible boundaries with them; in low‐coordination (LC) families, parents either avoid direct interaction with each other and include the child in their unit or join together against the child and exclude him or her, thus drawing inconsistent boundaries with the child. We explored the interactive strategies of LC 9‐month‐olds ( n = 15) with those of their parents, comparing them with HC parents ( n = 23) in two conditions: playing with both parents at the same time and witnessing their parents' dialogue. LC infants' affects were less positive; they addressed fewer positive triangular bids to their parents and tended to use a less triangular interactive mode. Thus, LC infants had fewer opportunities than did HC infants to acquire skills necessary for coping with triangular interaction

Developmental psychology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Animal Learning Development · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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