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Social interactions between infants and adults are considered the foundation for later peer interactions (Mueller & Vandell, 1979). Disturbed behaviors noted during these early interactions correlate with later interaction problems (Bakeman & Brown, 1980; Field, 1979b; Sig-man, Cohen, & Forsythe, 1981). The purpose of this chapter is to review some of the literature about adult-infant interactions. After presenting an overview of the literature on harmonious and disturbed adult-infant interactions, studies from our laboratory will be reviewed, including those on infants’ early interactions with mothers, fathers, and grandmothers.
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Field, T. (1983). Social Interactions between High-Risk Infants and Their Mothers, Fathers, and Grandmothers. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9814-1_8
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