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ERIC Number: EJ392564
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Psychophysiological Correlates of Emotional Reactivity during the First Year of Life.
Fox, Nathan A.
Developmental Psychology, v25 n3 p364-72 May 1989
Data suggest that infants with high vagal tone were more reactive than infants with low vagal tone to positive and negative events at 5 months, and were more sociable at 14 months. Infant reactivity to mildly stressful events seemed to be a stable dimension during the first year. (RH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Experience, Heart Rate, Individual Differences, Infants, Neonates, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Personality, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Frameworks; Emotion Regulation; Emotional Reactivity
Note: Thematic Issue: Special Section on Development of Emotion Regulation.