title: Games parents play with normal and high-risk infants.
abstract: Game playing during early infant-parent interactions provides a context for learning conversational turntaking and contingent responsivity. The types and frequency of "universally" recognized infant games were observed during face-to-face interactions of normal and high risk infant-parent dyads when the infants were four months old. Approximately six different games were played for approximately one-third of the interaction time. Except during interactions with normal male infants mothers and fathers played games equally as often. The high-risk infant-parent dyads engaged in game playing less frequently than the normal infant-parent dyads. These differences are discussed in the context of the high-risk infants being "difficult" babies and relatively less responsive.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007233:Infant, Postmature; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012737:Sex Factors