Biases in Attention for Social Stimuli in Children are Associated with Patterns of Infant Attachment
A Brief Report
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12685651 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Meinz (Western University, corresponding author), J Bruce Morton (0000-0003-1112-0676, Western University), David R Pederson (Western University), Greg Moran (0000-0003-2265-9431, Western University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 80-90 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-9507 • E-ISSN: 0961-205X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sode.12184 |
| OpenAlex | W2298203989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
The way an individual attends to social information has implications for his/her ability to regulate behavior in social settings. The results of the present investigation suggest that early experiences in parent–child relationships contribute to later differences in the deployment of attention to social information. The quality of the mother–child relationship was assessed at one‐year‐of‐age. At seven to eight years of age, a dot‐probe paradigm assessed immediate and delayed attention to pictures of faces vs. pictures of neutral objects. Children who were more avoidant with their mother in infancy attended to neutral objects over social stimuli at delayed but not immediate time frames. This finding suggests that individual differences in attention to social stimuli in childhood are associated with the quality of the prior attachment relationship with a primary caregiver
Attachment theory · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Strange situation · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |