摘要：This study examined relations between infants’ strategies for emotional regulation and maternal responsiveness. Fifty 24 montholds were observed for six kinds of emotional regulation strategy during four negative enmotion-eliciting tasks;their mothers were observed for five styles of matemal responsiveness during toy-centered free play. Infants used dfferent strategies according to the kinds of negative emotion- eliciting tasks;their strategies correlated with matermal responsive styles. In the anger elciting tasks, infants used“distraction" and“self soothing." In the fear- eiciting tasks,they used "avoidance" and“problem solving." Infants who received more negative feedback from their mothers used the "imitation" strategy. Infants who got received more positive feedback from their mother used the“getting reference" stategy..
关键词：strategy for emotional regulation; maternal responsiveness; infant-mother interaction
