Article

Early Temperament Contributions to Individual Differences in Joint Attention Skills Development

Author

김민화, 곽금주, 김수정

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pp. 19~35 / 2004 Vol.11 No.4

Abstract

Little is known about early temperament that may contribute to individual differences in infant joint attention skills development. Therefore, this study investigated the contributions of temperament at 6 months to joint attention skills development between 8, 9 and 14, 15 months. Data were collected from 91 infants using a parent report of IBQ-R and an infant -tester paradigm experiment. Measures were standardization scores of 14 infant temperament sub-scales and total scores of initiating joint attention(IJA) and high level IJA, and probabilities of responding of joint attention(RJA). In the result of cluster analysis using standardization scores of 14 infant temperament sub-scales, infants classified to 4 groups: “easy group”, “high reaction group”, “low reaction group”, and “somewhat difficulty group”. The results showed that the developmental patterns of infants\' joint attention skills were different among groups. “Low reaction group” did not significantly improve in joint attention skills with age, whereas other groups improved. These results suggest an understanding of early temperaments as risk factors that contribute to later healthy development as well as joint attention skills development.

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