Infants protest their mothers' attending to an infant-size doll

Sybil Hart; Tiffany Field; Claudia Del Valle

doi:10.1111/1467-9507.00050

Infants protest their mothers' attending to an infant-size doll

Sybil Hart, Tiffany Field, Claudia Del Valle

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Abstract

Twelve-month old infants (N = 76) experienced 4 situations of unresponsiveness in which their mothers and a stranger directed positive attention toward a doll or a picture book while they ignored the infant. Infants demonstrated more protest, negative vocalizations and inhibited play during the doll condition, particularly if the doll was held by the mother. Infant contacts with the mother were more frequent when the mother held the doll. Infants' distress during the mother/doll condition was interpreted as jealousy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	54-61
Number of pages	8
Journal	Social Development
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9507.00050
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Emotion
Jealousy
Mother-infant interaction
Peers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychology(all)
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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