Maternal contingency during infant play is consistent across toys at 12 months but shows no consistency over time¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Contingency correlated across the two toys at 12 months, but showed no consistency across the 12-, 18- and 24-month time-points. → Dave Neale & David Whitebread 2019

Evidence¶

Dave Neale & David Whitebread 2019¶

Dave Neale & David Whitebread. (2019). Maternal scaffolding during play with 12- to 24-month-old infants: stability over time and relations with emerging effortful control. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-019-09196-6

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Bivariate correlational tests of consistency in scaffolding variables in the longitudinal dyadic-play sample. The article reports contingency "consistent across toys at 12-months" but with no over-time consistency, in agreement with Conner and Cross (2003).

"Maternal contingency was consistent across toys at 12-months but exhibited no consistency over time."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Maternal contingency at 12 months predicts children's effortful control at 24 months, explaining 14% unique variance — related
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