Joint Attention (JA) in parent–infant interaction has been demonstrated to contribute to
infants' language outcomes. A limited number of studies have investigated the …

The goal of our study was to examine whether differences in the sensitivity and intrusiveness
of fathers and mothers from gay-, lesbian-, and heterosexual-parent families (57 French …

Parenting and Theory of Mind represents the conjunction of two major research literatures in
child psychology. One is longstanding. The question of how best to rear children has been a …

The current study investigates Joint Attention (JA) characteristics (duration, frequency,
source of initiation, type of JA, agent of termination, missed and unsuccessful episodes) in …

Increasing amounts of research show that fathers' involvement in children's lives contributes
to the child's social, emotional and cognitive development; however, much of the evidence …

Infancy is characterized by intensive parenting which may affect later child development.
However, little is known about similarities and differences in maternal and paternal …

The authors examined relations among observed joint attention, maternal report of child's
social competence, setting (home vs. laboratory), task (unstructured vs. semi‐structured) …

Abstract Theory in developmental psychology has long recognised commonalities between
symbolic play and language, yet approaches differ in the importance they assign to the role …

There is consistent evidence that positive father-child interactions contribute to better
developmental outcomes in children. Emotional availability (EA) as one specific aspect …

This study examined the use of shaping with a percentile schedule to increase the duration
of the interaction following a bid for joint attention in children with autism. Specifically, the …