Depressed Mothers Interactions with Their One-year-old Infants
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Active, focused involvement with toys has been associated with later cognitive development (Ruff & Rothbart, 1996; Yarrow, Morgan, Jennings, Harmon, & Gaiter, 1982). A deficit in active toy exploration is a sensitive indicator of risk in infants as young as 1 year (Landry & Chapieski, 1988; Ruff, McCarton, Kurtzberg, & Vaughn, 1984). One-year-olds’ focused exploration is greater during interaction with their mothers than during independent play, reflecting mothers’ effective use of attention-directing strategies (Lawson, Parrinello, & Ruff, 1992). In particular, infants’ increased active exploration has been associated with their mothers’ introducing objects and maintaining attention, while decreased exploration has been associated with mothers’ redirecting their infants’ attention and intru-
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