title: Individual and relational contributions to parallel and joint attention in infancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the contributions of maternal bids for joint attention, relationship quality, and infant characteristics, to individual differences in infants' parallel and joint attention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-two 10-month-olds and their mothers were assessed in order to investigate concurrent predictors of infant parallel attention, responding to joint attention, and initiating joint attention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Parallel attention was predicted by infants' higher mental development, low expression of negative emotionality, and maternal entertaining behaviors. Responding to joint attention was marginally predicted by total maternal bids for joint attention. Initiating joint attention was predicted by the infants' low expression of negative emotionality, as well as marginally predicted by fewer maternal teaching behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results further the understanding of the factors influencing infant parallel as well as joint attention.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osório
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meins
authors.forename: Eva Costa
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010988:Play and Playthings