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Investigating Maternal Touch and Infants' Self-Regulatory Behaviours during a Modified Face-to-Face Still-Face with Touch Procedure
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Jean, Amélie D. L.; Stack, Dale M.; Arnold, Sharon – Infant and Child Development, 2014
Maternal touch and infants' self-regulatory behaviours were examined during a modified Still-Face with Touch (SF?+?T) procedure. Mothers and their 5½-month-old infants participated in one period of Normal interaction followed by three SF?+?T periods. Maternal functions of touch, and infants' self-regulatory behaviour, affect, and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction
The Behaviour Style Observation System for Young Children Predicts Teacher-Reported Externalizing Behaviour in Middle Childhood
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Martin-Storey, Alexa; Serbin, Lisa A.; Stack, Dale M.; Schwartzman, Alex E. – Infant and Child Development, 2009
The Behaviour Style Observation System for Young Children (BSOS) was used to predict preschool-aged children's externalizing and internalizing behaviour problems in middle childhood, 3-5 years after the initial assessment. This observational measurement tool was designed to sample and assess young children's disruptive, non-compliant, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Observation, Young Children, Children
Precursors of Language Ability and Academic Performance: An Intergenerational, Longitudinal Study of At-Risk Children
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Campisi, Lisa; Serbin, Lisa A.; Stack, Dale M.; Schwartzman, Alex E.; Ledingham, Jane E. – Infant and Child Development, 2009
The current investigation examined whether inter-generational transfer of risk could be revealed through mothers' and preschool-aged children's expressive language, and whether continuity of risk persisted in these children's academic abilities, 3 years later. Participating families were drawn from the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, a…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Language, Expressive Language, Language Aptitude
Infant Touching Behaviour during Mother-Infant Face-to-Face Interactions
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Moszkowski, Robin J.; Stack, Dale M. – Infant and Child Development, 2007
The study of infant communication during mother-infant interactions has largely focused on infants' distal behaviours, while neglecting their more proximal behaviours, such as touch. Yet, touch is an important modality through which infants and mothers communicate; it is also a vital means through which infants self-regulate and explore their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction
An Observational Measure of Children's Behavioural Style: Evidence Supporting a Multi-Method Approach to Studying Temperament
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Karp, Jennifer; Serbin, Lisa A.; Stack, Dale M.; Schwartzman, Alex E. – Infant and Child Development, 2004
This study demonstrates the potential utility of the Behavioural Style Observational System (BSOS) as a new observational measure of children's behavioural style. The BSOS is an objective, short and easy to use measure that can be readily adapted to a variety of home and laboratory situations. In the present study, 160 mother-child dyads from the…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Personality, Observation, Measures (Individuals)