Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
The role of maternal sensitivity, infant temperament, and emotional context in the development of emotion regulation
Originally published 2025-05-19 · Scientific Reports
Nature Publishing Group · DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-01714-8 ↗
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Does a caregiver's sensitivity look the same when an infant is calm and when the infant is upset?
The study distinguishes the context of responding and the infant's temperament when examining regulation.
Who was studied?
Infants and mothers assessed across emotional situations
Age / stage: 2–3 months and 9 months
Read with three questions
- Does a caregiver's sensitivity look the same when an infant is calm and when the infant is upset?
- Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
- Which features of the study population (infants and mothers assessed across emotional situations) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
The researchers measured sensitivity during tasks designed to elicit fear or frustration. Behavior during these tasks may differ from responses to distress at home.
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Laura Bozicevic; Leonardo De Pascalis; Peter Cooper; Lynne Murray (2025). The role of maternal sensitivity, infant temperament, and emotional context in the development of emotion regulation Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01714-8
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