Table 2.
Associations among infant withdrawal, mother-infant interaction, and infant temperament
| Mother-infant interaction |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| During free play |
During feeding |
Infant EAS temperament |
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| Infant withdrawal | Maternal sensitivity |
Infant responsivity |
Quality of interaction |
Maternal sensitivity |
Emotionality | Activity | Sociability | Shyness | |
| Infant withdrawal | -- | ||||||||
| Mother-infant interaction | |||||||||
| During free play | |||||||||
| Maternal sensitivity | −.47*** (84) | -- | |||||||
| Infant responsivity | −.56*** (84) | .66*** (127) | -- | ||||||
| Quality of interaction | −.34** (84) | .71*** (127) | .71*** (127) | -- | |||||
| During feeding | |||||||||
| Maternal sensitivity | −.36*** (83) | .40*** (125) | .34*** (125) | .44*** (125) | -- | ||||
| Infant EAS temperament | |||||||||
| Emotionality | .08 (63) | −.07 (103) | −.04 (103) | .01 (103) | −.04 (102) | -- | |||
| Activity | −.29* (63) | .29** (103) | .21* (103) | .12 (103) | .15 (102) | −.09 (119) | -- | ||
| Sociability | −.12 (63) | .12 (103) | .15 (103) | .01 (103) | .02 (102) | −.22* (119) | .29** (119) | -- | |
| Shyness | −.07 (63) | .06 (103) | −.01 (103) | .03 (103) | −.04 (102) | .47*** (119) | −.16† (119) | −.46*** (119) | -- |
Values are Pearson rs.
†
p<.10
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001