Article

The differences of still-face responses in relation to infants\' temperament at 6 months

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김수정,곽금주

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pp. 69~87 / 2005 Vol.12 No.1

Abstract

The present study examined the individual differences in infants\' still-face responses on infants\' temperaments and the quality of temperaments that caused consistent responses during SF interactions. 61 mothers participated in the SF interactions with their 6-month-old infants. SF responses were categorized into 3 : positive responses, negative responses and self-soothing behavior. Temperaments were measured using IBQ-R. Our results showed that self-soothing behavior was dominant during the SF situations. Positive responses decreased during SF, whereas negative responses increased. There were response differences in 4 qualities of temperaments. During the SF, one of the temperament qualities that caused consistent responses was an perceptual sensitivity. The results of the this study suggest that infants temperaments is related to their response in the SF procedures.

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