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Attachment Avoidance Is Significantly Related to Attentional Preference for Infant Faces: Evidence from Eye Movement Data
Objective: To determine the influence of adult attachment orientations on infant preference. Methods: We adopted eye-tracking technology to monitor childless college women’s eye movements when looking at pairs of faces, including one adult face (man or woman) and one infant face, with three differen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28184210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00085 |
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author | Jia, Yuncheng Cheng, Gang Zhang, Dajun Ta, Na Xia, Mu Ding, Fangyuan |
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description | Objective: To determine the influence of adult attachment orientations on infant preference. Methods: We adopted eye-tracking technology to monitor childless college women’s eye movements when looking at pairs of faces, including one adult face (man or woman) and one infant face, with three different expressions (happy, sadness, and neutral). The participants (N = 150; 84% Han ethnicity) were aged 18–29 years (M = 19.22, SD = 1.72). A random intercepts multilevel linear regression analysis was used to assess the unique contribution of attachment avoidance, determined using the Experiences in Close Relationships scale, to preference for infant faces. Results: Women with higher attachment avoidance showed less infant preference, as shown by less sustained overt attentional bias to the infant face than the adult face based on fixation time and count. Conclusion: Adult attachment might be related to infant preference according to eye movement indices. Women with higher attachment avoidance may lack attentional preference for infant faces. The findings may aid the treatment and remediation of the interactions between children and mothers with insecure attachment. |
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spelling | pubmed-52666902017-02-09 Attachment Avoidance Is Significantly Related to Attentional Preference for Infant Faces: Evidence from Eye Movement Data Jia, Yuncheng Cheng, Gang Zhang, Dajun Ta, Na Xia, Mu Ding, Fangyuan Front Psychol Psychology Objective: To determine the influence of adult attachment orientations on infant preference. Methods: We adopted eye-tracking technology to monitor childless college women’s eye movements when looking at pairs of faces, including one adult face (man or woman) and one infant face, with three different expressions (happy, sadness, and neutral). The participants (N = 150; 84% Han ethnicity) were aged 18–29 years (M = 19.22, SD = 1.72). A random intercepts multilevel linear regression analysis was used to assess the unique contribution of attachment avoidance, determined using the Experiences in Close Relationships scale, to preference for infant faces. Results: Women with higher attachment avoidance showed less infant preference, as shown by less sustained overt attentional bias to the infant face than the adult face based on fixation time and count. Conclusion: Adult attachment might be related to infant preference according to eye movement indices. Women with higher attachment avoidance may lack attentional preference for infant faces. The findings may aid the treatment and remediation of the interactions between children and mothers with insecure attachment. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5266690/ /pubmed/28184210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00085 Text en Copyright © 2017 Jia, Cheng, Zhang, Ta, Xia and Ding. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Jia, Yuncheng Cheng, Gang Zhang, Dajun Ta, Na Xia, Mu Ding, Fangyuan Attachment Avoidance Is Significantly Related to Attentional Preference for Infant Faces: Evidence from Eye Movement Data |
title | Attachment Avoidance Is Significantly Related to Attentional Preference for Infant Faces: Evidence from Eye Movement Data |
title_full | Attachment Avoidance Is Significantly Related to Attentional Preference for Infant Faces: Evidence from Eye Movement Data |
title_fullStr | Attachment Avoidance Is Significantly Related to Attentional Preference for Infant Faces: Evidence from Eye Movement Data |
title_full_unstemmed | Attachment Avoidance Is Significantly Related to Attentional Preference for Infant Faces: Evidence from Eye Movement Data |
title_short | Attachment Avoidance Is Significantly Related to Attentional Preference for Infant Faces: Evidence from Eye Movement Data |
title_sort | attachment avoidance is significantly related to attentional preference for infant faces: evidence from eye movement data |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28184210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00085 |
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