Spangler, Gottfried and Maier, Ursula and Geserick, Barbara and von Wahlert, Angelika (2010) The Influence of Attachment Representation on Parental Perception and Interpretation of Infant Emotions: A Multilevel Approach. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY, 52 (5). pp. 411-423. ISSN 0012-1630,
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The aim of the study was to investigate parental perception and interpretation of infant emotional expression depending on their attachment representation. Forty-six parents' responses to infant pictures depicting positive, neutral, and negative emotions were assessed on the level of affective judgments (valence, arousal), mimic responses (facial muscle activity), and of the eyelid reflex (using the startle paradigm). Results revealed small differences between parents of different attachment representations with respect to their subjective evaluations. However, secure parents, as compared to insecure ones showed a positive bias in their mimic responses to infant pictures. The modulation of the startle response indicated a negative evaluation of negative infant emotion expressions: in dismissing parents, while an augmentation of the startle response to negative infant emotions could not be observed in secure and preoccupied parents. The findings highlight the role of attachment experiences for emotional information processing in parents and its consequences for parental behavior (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 52: 411-423, 2010.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ADULT ATTACHMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; ATTENTION; PROBE; ADOLESCENCE; INFORMATION; EXPRESSION; STIMULI; STATE; MIND; attachment; parental care; electrophysiology; emotion perception |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2020 08:35 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2020 08:35 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/24490 |
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