title: Infants' early visual attention and social engagement as developmental precursors to joint attention.
abstract: This study examined infants' early visual attention (at 1 month of age) and social engagement (4 months) as predictors of their later joint attention (12 and 18 months). The sample (n = 325), drawn from the Maternal Lifestyle Study, a longitudinal multicenter project conducted at 4 centers of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, included high-risk (cocaine-exposed) and matched noncocaine-exposed infants. Hierarchical regressions revealed that infants' attention orienting at 1 month significantly predicted more frequent initiating joint attention at 12 (but not 18) months of age. Social engagement at 4 months predicted initiating joint attention at 18 months. Results provide the first empirical evidence for the role of visual attention and social engagement behaviors as developmental precursors for later joint attention outcome. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors: Brenda
authors: 0000-0001-8780-1641
authors: B
authors: Salley
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Sheinkopf
authors: Department of Psychology, Institute for Mental Health Research, University of Texas at Austin.
authors: A Rebecca
authors: AR
authors: Neal-Beevers
authors: Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island.
authors: Elena J
authors: EJ
authors: Tenenbaum
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors: Cynthia L
authors: CL
authors: Miller-Loncar
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors: Ed
authors: E
authors: Tronick
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors: Linda L
authors: LL
authors: Lagasse
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
authors: Seetha
authors: S
authors: Shankaran
authors: Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky.
authors: Henrietta
authors: H
authors: Bada
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami.
authors: Charles
authors: C
authors: Bauer
authors: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee.
authors: Toni
authors: T
authors: Whitaker
authors: RTI.
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Hammond
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors: Barry M
authors: BM
authors: Lester
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008019:Life Style; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine