Anticipatory smiling: linking early affective communication and social outcome. Infant Behav Dev 2009 Jan;32(1):33-43
Date
11/14/2008Pubmed ID
19004500Pubmed Central ID
PMC2650826DOI
10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.09.007Scopus ID
2-s2.0-58149466419 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 38 CitationsAbstract
In anticipatory smiles, infants appear to communicate pre-existing positive affect by smiling at an object and then turning the smile toward an adult. We report two studies in which the precursors, development, and consequences of anticipatory smiling were investigated. Study 1 revealed a positive correlation between infant smiling at 6 months and the level of anticipatory smiling at 8 and 10 months during joint attention episodes, as well as a positive correlation between anticipatory smiling and parent-rated social expressivity scores at 30 months. Study 2 confirmed a developmental increase in the number of infants using anticipatory smiles between 9 and 12 months that had been initially documented in the Study 1 sample [Venezia, M., Messinger, D. S., Thorp, D., & Mundy, P. (2004). The development of anticipatory smiling. Infancy, 6(3), 397-406]. Additionally, anticipatory smiling at 9 months positively predicted parent-rated social competence scores at 30 months. Findings are discussed with regard to the importance of anticipatory smiling in early socioemotional development.
Author List
Parlade MV, Messinger DS, Delgado CE, Kaiser MY, Van Hecke AV, Mundy PCAuthor
Amy Van Hecke PhD Professor in the Psychology department at Marquette UniversityMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AffectAge Factors
Caregivers
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Communication
Facial Expression
Female
Humans
Infant
Interpersonal Relations
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Smiling
Social Behavior
Social Environment
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