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Infants and parents show significant, bidirectional emotional connection during interactions. Infant-to-parent emotional influence is stronger than parent-to-infant influence, highlighting dynamic infant-parent affect coupling.

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Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Infant Behavior
Family Dynamics

Background:

Understanding infant-parent interaction is crucial for early development.
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can impact familial interaction patterns.
The Face-to-Face/Still-Face (FFSF) paradigm assesses infant-parent dyadic regulation.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine dynamic infant-parent affect coupling.
To compare affective coupling in infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder siblings (ASD-sibs) versus comparison siblings (COMP-sibs).
To analyze self-regulation and interactive dynamics within dyads during the FFSF.

Main Methods:

Utilized the Face-to-Face/Still-Face (FFSF) paradigm.
Employed mixed-effects bivariate autoregressive models.
Analyzed data from 20 ASD-sib infants and 18 COMP-sib infants.

Main Results:

Demonstrated significant bidirectional affective coupling between infants and parents.
Found infant-to-parent coupling to be more prominent than parent-to-infant coupling.
Revealed dynamic changes in infant-parent linkages within and between FFSF episodes.

Conclusions:

Infant-parent affective coupling is a dynamic, bidirectional process.
The directionality of affective influence may differ between infants and parents.
Considering both inter- and intra-dyadic differences is essential for understanding these interactions.