Power assertion in everyday mother-infant interactions.
Mothers' power assertion was assessed following everyday infant transgressions. Power assertiveness showed limited stability, increased with age, and was higher when infants were harming others and when the physical danger was more severe. Naturalistic research is key to understanding how power assertion influences social development.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States. Electronic address: dahl@ucsc.edu.
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Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, United States.
Sherina S I
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers; D016487:Parenting
Infancy; Parenting; Social interaction