title: Relationships between regulatory temperament dimensions and self-regulatory behaviors at 4 and 6 months of age.
abstract: The present study focused on relationships between temperament and behavior in early regulation development. Unlike most studies on the topic, we observed infant behavior in a naturalistic playful situation rather than in experimental stressful procedure, and employed temperament measures uniquely reflecting regulatory dispositions rather than a global measure of reactivity. The infant's self-regulatory behaviors were observed at 4 and 6 months during face-to-face interactions and regulatory dimensions were assessed at 4 months. We found that low intensity pleasure and soothability dimensions, related to the infant physical and social experience, respectively, significantly affected regulatory behavior and their influence showed to depend on the infant's age, with the former dimension being influential at the earlier age and the latter being influential when the behavior was observed at the later age. Results are interpreted on the light of a dynamic view of regulation development.
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy. Electronic address: t.aureli@unich.it.
authors: Tiziana
authors: T
authors: Aureli
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
authors: Gabrielle
authors: G
authors: Coppola
authors: Department of Psychological, Human and Hearth Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Picconi
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
authors: Annalisa
authors: A
authors: Grazia
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Ponzetti
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000367:Age Factors; D003448:Crying / Q000523:psychology; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012919:Social Behavior; D013694:Temperament
keywords: Early dyadic interactions; Regulatory functioning development; Temperament–behavior relationships