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A rejecting baby in a twin set
Author(s) -
Kirkland John,
Deane Fay
Publication year - 1984
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 - 10.1002/1097-0355(198421)5:1<47::aid-imhj2280050106>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , computer science , programming language
The notion of a “rejecting” baby has not received much attention in the research literature. One member of a pair of twins which came to our attention provided a good example of a “rejecting” baby. This baby avoided eye contact with all people at close proximity. It is possible that the notion of “rejecting” babies should be attended to by parents, doctors and others involved with the welfare of young children. Perhaps they do not know what to look for in the early phases of this expression. It is possible these early omissions mask detection of later behavioral difficulties, by which time such children have acquired distinctive interactive styles increasingly resistent to modification.