Table 2.

Definitions of Maternal Behaviors

Behavior	Definition	Example
Maternal Responsivity Construct
Maintain comments	Behaviors that maintained the child’s focused and verbally commented	Child is making a sandwich and Mom says, “that looks good”
Maintain Request verbal complies	Questions or statements intended to elicit a verbal response, while maintaining child focus	Mom says, “Do you want help with that sandwich?”
Recode	Verbal interpretation of child’s communication act	Child says “ba” and mom says, “Do you want your ball?”
Behavior Management Construct
Redirect request for behavioral complies	Mom requests or directs child to complete a behavior that is outside of the child’s current focus of attention	Child is playing with toy truck and Mom says “tie your shoe”
Zap/Admonishment	Verbal or non-verbal restriction of child’s behavior	Mom says “Don’t do that” and shakes her finger at the child