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1-177 - An Innovative Methodology to Study Caregiving: The Infant Simulator
Thu, April 6, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Austin Convention Center, Meeting Room 16BSession Type: Paper Symposium
Integrative Statement
Sensitive and appropriate responding to infant vocalizations is an important component of caregiving, having lasting consequences for child development. A methodological challenge for infant vocalization research is to examine variation in parental responding to infant cries in an ethically-sensitive, standardized, and ecologically valid way. In addressing this challenge, our symposium will demonstrate innovative and interdisciplinary studies employing realistic infant simulators that are pre-programmed to cry for different durations and intensities. The first speaker will demonstrate how psychosocial and abuse risk affects maternal behavior during infant simulator interactions. Demonstrating the utility of infant simulators prenatally, the second speaker will extend this consideration of parenting-specific responses to examine prenatal co-parenting interactions with the infant simulator, examining behavioral and hormonal profiles during pregnancy and postpartum. Expanding on this work, the third speaker will assess parents and non-parents, probing affective and hormonal responding to the infant simulator and capturing the potential for aggressive caregiving behavior. In closing, the fourth speaker will advance the hormonal profiles of responding to the infant simulator in male and female participants, addressing the interplay of testosterone with cortisol and vasopressin. Together, these studies will highlight the significant value and scope of research that incorporates infant simulators, providing a novel perspective to understanding mechanisms underscoring parent and non-parent responding to infant distress. The depth of studies also evidence how infant simulators can capture behavioral, hormonal, and affective variations in responses to cry during pregnancy and the postpartum period, providing a framework for prevention and intervention efforts for vulnerable parents.
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Using a Baby Simulator to Examine Differences in Responses to Infant Distress between High and Low Risk Parents - Presenting Author: David Bridgett, Northern Illinois University, Department of Psychology; Julie Crouch, Northern Illinois University, Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault; Helena Rutherford, Yale Child Study Center; Thomas McCanne, Northern Illinois University, Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault; Joel Milner, Northern Illinois University, Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault; Linda Mayes, Yale Child Study Center
The Inconsolable Doll: Prenatal and Postnatal Co-parenting Dynamics and Hormonal Reactivity - Presenting Author: Dana Shai, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Examining Hormonal and Contextual Mediators of Aggressive Responses by Parents and Non-Parents Using an Infant Simulator - Presenting Author: Richard Tolman, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Center for Human Growth and Development; Sari van Anders, University of Michigan, Departments of Psychology & Women’s Studies; Program in Neuroscience; Brenda Volling, University of Michigan
Testosterone Levels in Response to a Crying Infant Simulator: Effects of Basal Cortisol and Vasopressin - Presenting Author: Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, Leiden University; Alexandra Voorthuis, Leiden University; Anna van 't Veer, Center for Child and Family Studies and Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, The Netherlands.; Kim Alyousefi-van Dijk, Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands;; Willemijn Meijer, Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands; Jolien Rijlaarsdam, Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands; Sandra Thijssen, Center for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands; Jurriaan Witteman, Center for Child and Family Studies and Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University; Marinus Van IJzendoorn, Leiden University