Changes in the affect of infants before and after episodes of crying

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• 作者：Hiroko Nakayama
• 关键词：Infant affect ; Infant crying ; Fake crying ; Affect before the onset of crying ; Affect after the end of crying
• 刊名：Infant Behavior and Development
• 出版年：December, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：36
• 期：4
• 页码：507-512
• 全文大小：1046 K

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This study examined the affect of infants just before the onset of crying and just after crying stopped. Two infants (between 7 and 14 months old) were observed longitudinally. In total, 102 crying episodes were analyzed. The infants displayed negative affect almost always just before starting to cry and soon after crying terminated. However, there were exceptions. Positive affect was observed. These were crying behaviors that the mother identified as 鈥渇ake crying鈥?or 鈥渆mergence of fake crying鈥? These data indicate that, although normally infant affect just before and right after crying is negative, infants also can exhibit positive affect when they show fake crying. Infants who are capable of fake crying might communicate successfully with their caregivers.