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Parent-child interaction: a micro-level sequential approach in children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay.

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Background & aims. Previous research indicates that young children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay show low levels of interactive engagement, their parents are generally responsive towards them and these variables are positively correlated. Adapting a micro-level approach, we aim to go beyond macro-level and correlational analyses by charting the frequency, intra-individual co-occurrence and inter-individual temporal dependency of specific interactive behaviors. Methods & procedures. Twenty-nine parent-child dyads (with children aged 6–59 months) were video-taped during a 15-minute unstructured play situation. Based on a self-developed coding scheme, interactive behaviors were coded continuously and analyzed using a three-step sequential analysis approach. Outcomes & results. Parents and children systematically combine either more socially-oriented or more object-oriented behaviors. Socially-oriented behaviors are less frequent in children, especially looking at and touching the partner occurs less. Socially- and object-oriented behavioral clusters are generally independent from each other and instigate/maintain the same type of behaviors in the interaction partner. While children’s socially oriented behavior(al cluster)s seem to need a parental ‘trigger’, parents will more often independently engage with their child despite low child responsiveness. Conclusions and implications. Further intervention-oriented research is needed to confirm this study’s results and translate them into concrete guidelines for parents.
Tijdschrift: Research in Developmental Disabilities
ISSN: 0891-4222
Volume: 85
Pagina's: 172 - 186
Jaar van publicatie:2019
BOF-keylabel:ja
IOF-keylabel:ja
BOF-publication weight:1
CSS-citation score:2
Authors from:Higher Education
Toegankelijkheid:Open