2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Longitudinal Study on Developmental Inter-relationships between Mother-Infant Companionship and Attachment
Project/Area Number |
19530594
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Educational psychology
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Research Institution | Health Sciences University of Hokkaido |
Principal Investigator |
NAKANO Shigeru Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 心理科学部, 教授 (90183516)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IKEMURA-KONDO Kiyomi 北海道医療大学, 心理科学部, 教授 (80201911)
KUSANAGI Emioko 國學院短期大学, 幼児児童教育学科, 教授 (90341718)
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Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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Keywords | intersubjectivity / companionship / attachment / 乳児 / 縦断研究 / 文脈 / 発達 |
Research Abstract |
This longitudinal study examined developmental processes of infant intersubjectivity and their relations to maternal playfulness and maternal sensitivity. Both attachment and intersubjectivity are assumed a behavioral propensity towards interpersonal connectivity and sharing mental states with others. However, little is known about whether they have any relationship or not. 29 mother-infant dyads participated in this longitudinal study. Mothers were evaluated ; playfulness at 3 and 4 months, the Ainsworth scale of sensitivity at 3 and 6 months. Infants were measured ; sensitivity to social contingency at 4 months, object orientation and sharing attention at 6 months and levels of secondary intersubjectivity at 10 months. A path-analysis revealed that the primary and the secondary intersubjectivity are not related, and that maternal playfulness consistently guides development of infant intersubjectivity, but maternal sensitivity have no relation to it.
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Research Products
(12 results)