title: Effects of negative temperament on 5-month-old infants' behavior during the still-face paradigm.
abstract: Five-month-old infants characterized as low or high on temperamental negativity participated with their mothers in the still-face paradigm. Compared to low negative infants, high negative infants displayed greater negative engagement during reunion suggesting that infant temperament significantly contributes to individual differences in the still-face effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Bethany C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Reeb-Sutherland
mesh_terms: D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D013694:Temperament