The effects of systematic stroking versus tickling and poking on infant behavior

Martha Peláez-Nogueras; Tiffany Field; Jacob L. Gewirtz; Maricel Cigales; Angela Gonzalez; Aida Sanchez; Sara C. Richardson

doi:10.1016/S0193-3973(97)90034-4

The effects of systematic stroking versus tickling and poking on infant behavior

Martha Peláez-Nogueras, Tiffany Field, Jacob L. Gewirtz, Maricel Cigales, Angela Gonzalez, Aida Sanchez, Sara C. Richardson

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Abstract

Effects of contingent stroking were compared to effects of contingent tickling and poking on infant eye contact (attention) and affect during face-to-face interactions with an adult female. Twelve 2-to 4.5-mo-old infants participated in a within-subjects alternating-treatments design. Each subject received the two touch conditioning treatments in alternation within each of four consecutive sessions. In each session, three 2-min conditioning periods were implemented. Compared to tickling and poking treatment, during the systematic-stroking treatment all infants spent a greater proportion of time making eye contact with the experimenter, smiled and vocalized more and frowned and cried less.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	169-178
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0193-3973(97)90034-4
State	Published - Jan 1 1997

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Peláez-Nogueras, M., Field, T., Gewirtz, J. L., Cigales, M., Gonzalez, A., Sanchez, A., & Richardson, S. C. (1997). The effects of systematic stroking versus tickling and poking on infant behavior. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 18(2), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0193-3973(97)90034-4

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