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Jealousy in 6‐Month‐Old Infants
Author(s) -
Hart Sybil,
Carrington Heather
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
infancy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.361
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1532-7078
pISSN - 1525-0008
DOI - 10.1207/s15327078in0303_6
Subject(s) - jealousy , psychology , negativity effect , developmental psychology , object (grammar) , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
Thirty‐two 6‐month‐old infants were exposed to their mothers attending, in turn, to a lifelike baby doll and a book. Infant negativity was greater when maternal attention was directed toward the social object, suggesting the presence of an early form of jealousy by 6 months of age.