TY - JOUR

T1 - Temporal coordination between maternal looming and infant gaze in depressed and nondepressed dyads

T2 - A bootstrapping approach

AU - Egmose, Ida

AU - Nielsen, Erling Norkær Lundsgaard

AU - Stuart, Anne Christine

AU - Blurton, Steven

AU - Køppe, Simo

AU - Væver, Mette Skovgaard

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - In this study, we examine the convergent validity of a measure of maternal looming derived using a motion capture system, and the temporal coordination between maternal loom and infant gaze using an event-based bootstrapping procedure. The sample comprised 26 mothers diagnosed with postpartum depression, 43 nondepressed mothers, and their 4-month-old infants. Mother-infant interactions were recorded during a standard face-to-face setting using video cameras and a motion capture system. First, results showed that maternal looming was correlated with a globally coded measure of maternal overriding. Maternal overriding is an intrusive behavior occurring when the mother redirects the infant’s attention to parent-led activities. Thus, this result confirms that maternal looming can be considered a spatial intrusion in early interactions. Second, results showed that compared to nondepressed dyads, depressed dyads were more likely to coordinate maternal loom and infant gaze in a Loom-in-Gaze-pattern. We discuss the use of automated measurement for analyzing other-infant interactions, and how the Loom-in-Gaze pattern can be interpreted as a disturbance in infant self-regulation.

AB - In this study, we examine the convergent validity of a measure of maternal looming derived using a motion capture system, and the temporal coordination between maternal loom and infant gaze using an event-based bootstrapping procedure. The sample comprised 26 mothers diagnosed with postpartum depression, 43 nondepressed mothers, and their 4-month-old infants. Mother-infant interactions were recorded during a standard face-to-face setting using video cameras and a motion capture system. First, results showed that maternal looming was correlated with a globally coded measure of maternal overriding. Maternal overriding is an intrusive behavior occurring when the mother redirects the infant’s attention to parent-led activities. Thus, this result confirms that maternal looming can be considered a spatial intrusion in early interactions. Second, results showed that compared to nondepressed dyads, depressed dyads were more likely to coordinate maternal loom and infant gaze in a Loom-in-Gaze-pattern. We discuss the use of automated measurement for analyzing other-infant interactions, and how the Loom-in-Gaze pattern can be interpreted as a disturbance in infant self-regulation.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Gaze

KW - Loom

KW - Mother-infant interaction

KW - Postpartum depression

KW - Postnatal depression

KW - Selfregulation

KW - Motion capture

U2 - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101523

DO - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101523

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 33418137

VL - 62

JO - Infant Behavior and Development

JF - Infant Behavior and Development

SN - 0163-6383

M1 - 101523

ER -