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Availability of three‐year‐old kibbutz children to mothers and metapelets in two functional contexts
Author(s) -
Eshel Yohanan,
Landau Rivka,
Yam Ranit,
BenAaron Miriam
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0355(199723)18:3<231::aid-imhj1>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - developmental psychology , psychology , association (psychology) , mental health , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist
Responsiveness and availability of kibbutz children to mothers and to metapelets in two functional contexts were studied. Thirty‐three 3‐year‐old children, participated in the study. Every child participated twice in two co‐construction tasks: once with the mother and once with the metapelet. A factor analysis conducted over the present categories yielded six orthogonal factors: Three pertained to cooperative child involvement of the adult and three referred to oppositional involvement. Analyses of variance indicated that children involved the mother more often than the metapelet in their activities and were more responsive to her. Additional analyses conducted on each factor separately showed that this higher level of involvement of the mother was evident in the cooperative factors. The children's involvement of the adults and their responsiveness to the adults' bids differed significantly between tasks. © 1997 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health