Joint Attention Partially Mediates the Longitudinal Relation between Attuned Caregiving and Executive Functions for Low-Income Children

Autor/inn/en	Brandes-Aitken, Annie; Braren, Stephen; Gandhi, Jill; Perry, Rosemarie E.; Rowe-Harriott, Sashana; Blair, Clancy
Titel	Joint Attention Partially Mediates the Longitudinal Relation between Attuned Caregiving and Executive Functions for Low-Income Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 56 (2020) 10, S.1829-1841 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brandes-Aitken, Annie) ORCID (Braren, Stephen) ORCID (Gandhi, Jill) ORCID (Perry, Rosemarie E.) ORCID (Blair, Clancy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001089
Schlagwörter	Attention; Longitudinal Studies; Executive Function; Low Income; Family Income; Poverty; Rural Environment; Infants; Toddlers; Parent Child Relationship; Correlation; African Americans; Caregiver Child Relationship; North Carolina; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufmerksamkeit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Niedriglohn; Familieneinkommen; Armut; Ländliches Milieu; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Korrelation; Afroamerikaner
Abstract	Using data from a large longitudinal sample (N = 1,292) of children and their caregivers in predominantly low-income, nonurban communities, we investigated longitudinal relations between attuned caregiving in infancy, joint attention in toddlerhood, and executive functions in early childhood. The results from path analysis demonstrated that attuned caregiving during infancy predicted more joint attention in toddlerhood, which was in turn associated with better executive function performance in early childhood. Joint attention was a stronger predictor of executive functions for lower-income families. Moreover, joint attention mediated the relation between attuned caregiving and executive functions, and this mediation was amplified for lower-income families. These results highlight joint attention as a key mechanism through which attuned caregiving supports the development of executive functions, particularly for low-income families. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01