Table 2.

PCERA Factors for Four-Month Feeding

Factor I – Parental Positive Affective Involvement, Sensitivity & Responsiveness
Item number and name
2) expressive, non-flat voice tone	16) amount of verbalization
3) warm, kind tone of voice	17) quality of verbalization
4) expressed positive affect	18) social initiative
7) lack of depression, withdrawn mood	19) contingent responsivity to positive behavior
9) enthusiastic mood	22) sensitivity, reads cues and responds
12) enjoyment, pleasure	23) connectedness
13) positive physical contact	24) mirroring
15) visual contact	26) creativity

Factor II – Parental Negative Affect and Behavior
Item number and name
1) angry hostile tone of voice	20) contingent responsivity to negative behavior
3) warm, kind tone of voice	21) lack of structure & mediating child’s environment
5) expressed negative affect	22) lack of sensitivity & responsivity
6) angry, hostile mood	25) rigidity
11) displeasure	27) intrustiveness
14) negative physical contact	28) inconsistency/unpredictability
16) amount of verbalization

Factor III – Infant Positive Affect, Communicative and Social Skills
Item number and name
30) expressed positive affect	45) exploratory play
32) happy, pleasant	47) robustness
33) apathetic, withdrawn	55) visual contact
38) alertness	56) communicative competence
39) social initiative	57) readability
40) social responsiveness

Factor IV – Infant Dysregulation and Irritability
Item number and name
31) expressed negative affect	41) avoiding/averting
34) anxiety	46) attentional abilities
35) irritable, angry	50) self regulation, organization
37) emotional lability	51) consolability/soothability

Factor V – Dyadic Mutuality and Reciprocity
Item number and name
59) no flat, empty, constricted	63) reciprocity
61) enthusiasm, joie de vivre

Factor VI – Dyadic Tension
Item number and name
58) anger, hostility	64) disorganization
60) tension, anxiety	65) state dissimilarity
62) no joint attention, activity