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ERIC Number: EJ561714
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Mothers' Affective Behavior with Infant Siblings: Stability and Change.
Moore, Ginger A.; Cohn, Jeffrey F.; Campbell, Susan B.
Developmental Psychology, v33 n5 p856-60 Sep 1997
Observed face-to-face interactions between 39 mothers and their first and second-born two-month olds to evaluate within-family differences in maternal affective behavior toward siblings. Found that mothers were more positive with second-borns than firstborns, and second-borns were more positive than firstborns. Siblings' affective behaviors were unrelated, but maternal positive affect was moderately stable between siblings and correlated with each infant's affect. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Birth Order, Emotional Response, First Born, Infant Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Siblings
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Behavioral Stability; Second Born