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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Infant Psychology
  • Social Interaction

Background:

  • Dialogical Self Theory posits self develops through internal dialogue.
  • Co-regulation and movement analysis are key to understanding early interaction.
  • Early mother-infant interactions shape the developing self.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the emergence of the dialogical self in the first five months of life.
  • To examine how mother-infant interactions influence dialogical self development.
  • To identify factors that may disrupt or delay this development.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Dialogical Self Theory, co-regulation, and foundational movement analysis.
  • Observed two mother-infant dyads over the first five months of life.
  • Analyzed interactions focusing on I-positions, body positioning, and dialogue patterns.

Main Results:

  • One infant (Susan) showed normative dialogical self emergence via flexible, positive mother-infant interactions.
  • Another infant (Peter) exhibited disrupted development due to rigid boundaries and maternal persistence.
  • Disrupted development led to avoidant and ambiguous monological positions in Peter.

Conclusions:

  • Flexible, responsive mother-infant interactions facilitate healthy dialogical self development.
  • Rigid interaction patterns and maternal control can impede the development of the dialogical self.
  • Understanding early interaction dynamics is crucial for identifying and addressing developmental disruptions.