Date of Award:
5-1999
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Lori A. Roggman
Committee
Lori A. Roggman
Committee
Silvia Sörensen
Committee
Glenna C. Boyce
Committee
Mark S. Innoccenti
Committee
Shelley L. Lindauer
Abstract
This study follows a Vygotskian approach to investigate the influence and relatedness of several "scaffolding" behaviors for mother-infant dyads of both typically developing infants and infants with disabilities and how early intervention may influence the dyads through the home visiting process. For this primarily low-income sample, maternal participation during play did not enhance the infants' play. The relation of infant level of play with maternal education, income, and the maternal involvement variables of level of play and use of scaffolding varied with the disability status of the infant. Home visitor support of mother-infant interaction did not appear to influence maternal involvement during play, except that mothers of infants with disabilities whose home visitors spent more time with just the infant played at a higher level.
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Recommended Citation
Boyce, Lisa K., "Interactions and Play Behavior of Mothers of Typically Developing Infants and Infants with Disabilities: A Vygotskian Approach" (1999). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2535.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2535
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