Establishment of Joint Attention in Dyads Involving Hearing Mothers of Deaf and Hearing Children, and Its Relation to Adaptive Social Behavior
| dc.contributor.author | Nowakowski, Matilda E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tasker, Susan Louise | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schmidt, Louis A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-29T18:59:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-29T18:59:15Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2009 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Mounting evidence points to joint attention as a mediating variable in children's adaptive behavior development. Joint attention in interactions between hearing mothers and congenitally deaf (n = 27) and hearing (n = 29) children, ages 18–36 months, was examined. All deaf children had severe to profound hearing loss. Mother-child interactions were coded for maternally initiated and child-initiated success rates in establishing joint attention; mothers completed ratings of their children's adaptive behavior. Hearing mother–deaf child dyads had significantly lower maternally initiated success rates. No significant between-group differences on child-initiated success rates were shown. Maternal ratings of adaptive behavior were significantly lower for deaf children, and related positively and significantly to both child-initiated and maternally initiated success rates. The findings suggest that mother-child interactions that are low in successful establishment of joint attention might mediate the development of socioemotional problems evident in deaf children with hearing families. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The research for the present study was supported by a predoctoral scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada awarded to the first author, Matilda E. Nowakowski, under the direction of the third author, Louis A. Schmidt, and an operating grant from SSHRC awarded to Schmidt. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nowakowski, M. E., Tasker, S. L. & Schmidt, L. A. (2009). Establishment of Joint Attention in Dyads Involving Hearing Mothers of Deaf and Hearing Children, and Its Relation to Adaptive Social Behavior. American Annals of the Deaf, 154(1), 15-29. doi:10.1353/aad.0.0071 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/aad.0.0071 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/9015 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Annals of the Deaf | en_US |
| dc.subject.department | Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies | |
| dc.title | Establishment of Joint Attention in Dyads Involving Hearing Mothers of Deaf and Hearing Children, and Its Relation to Adaptive Social Behavior | en_US |
| dc.type | Postprint | en_US |