Who Leads and Who Follows? The Pathways to Joint Attention During Free-Flowing Interactions Change Over Developmental Time
Article
Perapoch Amado, M., Phillips, E., Esposito, G., Greenwood, E., Ives, P., Labendzki, P., Lancaster, K., Northrop, T., Viswanathan, N., Gök, M., Peñaherrera, M., Jones, E. and Wass, S. 2025. Who Leads and Who Follows? The Pathways to Joint Attention During Free-Flowing Interactions Change Over Developmental Time. Child Development. p. In press. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14229
Authors | Perapoch Amado, M., Phillips, E., Esposito, G., Greenwood, E., Ives, P., Labendzki, P., Lancaster, K., Northrop, T., Viswanathan, N., Gök, M., Peñaherrera, M., Jones, E. and Wass, S. |
---|---|
Abstract | Joint attention (JA) has been found to correlate with many developmental outcomes. However, little is known about how naturalistic JA is established and develops during early infancy. In this study, free-flowing tabletop toy play between infants at 5 and 15 months and their mothers (N = 48 dyads; 65% white) was observed to (1) examine changes in JA, (2) investigate whether infants become better leaders or followers of JA, and (3) explore the role of intentionally mediated forms of communication. JA episodes increased in frequency and duration, and initiations of JA became more evenly distributed between members of the dyad. Older infants became better at leading as well as following their mothers' attention behaviors and more frequently directed their attention towards their partner, though this had minimal impact on the organization of episodes of JA. |
Journal | Child Development |
Journal citation | p. In press |
ISSN | 1467-8624 |
0009-3920 | |
Year | 2025 |
Publisher | Wiley for Society for Research in Child Development |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14229 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 18 Feb 2025 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 04 Apr 2025 |
Copyright holder | © 2025 The Authors |
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/8z4v5
Download files
Publisher's version
Child Development - 2025 - Perapoch Amadó - Who Leads and Who Follows The Pathways to Joint Attention During Free‐Flowing.pdf | ||
License: CC BY 4.0 | ||
File access level: Anyone |
49
total views19
total downloads17
views this month3
downloads this month