Look At That! Video Chat and Joint Visual Attention Development Among Babies and Toddlers.

• Autores: Elisabeth R. McClure, Yulia E. Chentsova‐Dutton, Steven J. Holochwost, W. G. Parrott, Rachel Barr
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 89, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 27-36
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Although many relatives use video chat to keep in touch with toddlers, key features of adult-toddler interaction like joint visual attention (JVA) may be compromised in this context. In this study, 25 families with a child between 6 and 24 months were observed using video chat at home with geographically separated grandparents. We define two types of screen-mediated JVA (across- and within-screen) and report age-related increases in the babies' across-screen JVA initiations, and that family JVA usage was positively related to babies' overall attention during video calls. Babies today are immersed in a digital world where formative relationships are often mediated by a screen. Implications for both infant social development and developmental research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]