Infants' early visual attention and social engagement as developmental precursors to joint attention

Brenda Salley; Stephen J. Sheinkopf; A. Rebecca Neal-Beevers; Elena J. Tenenbaum; Cynthia L. Miller-Loncar; Ed Tronick; Linda L. Lagasse; Seetha Shankaran; Henrietta Bada; Charles Bauer; Toni Whitaker; Jane Hammond; Barry M. Lester

doi:10.1037/dev0000205

Infants' early visual attention and social engagement as developmental precursors to joint attention

Brenda Salley, Stephen J. Sheinkopf, A. Rebecca Neal-Beevers, Elena J. Tenenbaum, Cynthia L. Miller-Loncar, Ed Tronick, Linda L. Lagasse, Seetha Shankaran, Henrietta Bada, Charles Bauer, Toni Whitaker, Jane Hammond, Barry M. Lester

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Abstract

This study examined infants' early visual attention (at 1 month of age) and social engagement (4 months) as predictors of their later joint attention (12 and 18 months). The sample (n = 325), drawn from the Maternal Lifestyle Study, a longitudinal multicenter project conducted at 4 centers of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, included high-risk (cocaine-exposed) and matched noncocaine-exposed infants. Hierarchical regressions revealed that infants' attention orienting at 1 month significantly predicted more frequent initiating joint attention at 12 (but not 18) months of age. Social engagement at 4 months predicted initiating joint attention at 18 months. Results provide the first empirical evidence for the role of visual attention and social engagement behaviors as developmental precursors for later joint attention outcome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1721-1731
Number of pages	11
Journal	Developmental Psychology
Volume	52
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000205
State	Published - Nov 1 2016

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Keywords

Attention orienting
Joint attention
Social engagement
Visual attention

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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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Salley, B., Sheinkopf, S. J., Rebecca Neal-Beevers, A., Tenenbaum, E. J., Miller-Loncar, C. L., Tronick, E., Lagasse, L. L., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Bauer, C., Whitaker, T., Hammond, J., & Lester, B. M. (2016). Infants' early visual attention and social engagement as developmental precursors to joint attention. Developmental Psychology, 52(11), 1721-1731. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000205

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