@article{ref1,
title="Children's responses to mother-infant and father-infant interaction with a baby sibling: jealousy or joy?",
journal="Journal of family psychology",
year="2014",
author="Volling, Brenda L. and Yu, Tianyi and Gonzalez, Richard and Kennedy, Denise E. and Rosenberg, Lauren and Oh, Wonjung",
volume="28",
number="5",
pages="634-644",
abstract="Firstborn children's reactions to mother-infant and father-infant interaction after a sibling's birth were examined in an investigation of 224 families. Triadic observations of parent-infant-sibling interaction were conducted at 1 month after the birth. Parents reported on children's problem behaviors at 1 and 4 months after the birth and completed the Attachment Q-sort before the birth. Latent profile analysis (LPA) identified 4 latent classes (behavioral profiles) for mother-infant and father-infant interactions: regulated-exploration, disruptive-dysregulated, approach-avoidant, and anxious-clingy. A fifth class, attention-seeking, was found with fathers. The regulated-exploration class was the normative pattern (60%), with few children in the disruptive class (2.7%). Approach-avoidant children had more behavior problems at 4 months than any other class, with the exception of the disruptive children, who were higher on aggression and attention problems. Before the birth, anxious-clingy children had less secure attachments to their fathers than approach avoidant children but more secure attachments to their mothers. <br><br>RESULTS underscore individual differences in firstborns' behavioral responses to parent-infant interaction and the importance of a person-centered approach for understanding children's jealousy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-3200",
doi="10.1037/a0037811",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037811"
}