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<p>Adult mediation plays a crucial role in infant learning and development, with joint shared engagement between infant and adult offering opportunities to enhance physical and cognitive skills while fostering rich social interactions. This 11-month longitudinal study examines parent–infant–object interactions involving a maraca toy in eight Spanish dyads, observed monthly throughout the infants’ first year of life. We compare rhythmic and non-rhythmic touches, analyse gender-related patterns in maraca use, and classify four levels of object-mediated behaviours: elementary, movement, conventional, and symbolic. Findings show that maraca-mediated interactions occurred more frequently with girls than with boys, and that movement-level behaviours (e.g. shaking, hitting) were the most common across all parents. In addition to describing these patterns, we present two narrative vignettes illustrating the four levels of maraca use in real-life contexts. These results provide insight into how simple musical object mediation can enhance parent–infant engagement. We outline implications for early childhood practice and policy, suggesting that musical object use can support parent sensitivity and foster more equitable interaction styles across genders and cultural contexts.</p>

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Charting the Emergence of Triadic Interactions: Infant Engagement with a Maraca Across the First Year

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    2025年8月29日

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  • Ana Moreno-Núñez,
  • Carol Gillanders,
  • Lucía Casal-de-la-Fuente,
  • Laura Tojeiro,
  • Carolina Cárcamo

摘要

Adult mediation plays a crucial role in infant learning and development, with joint shared engagement between infant and adult offering opportunities to enhance physical and cognitive skills while fostering rich social interactions. This 11-month longitudinal study examines parent–infant–object interactions involving a maraca toy in eight Spanish dyads, observed monthly throughout the infants’ first year of life. We compare rhythmic and non-rhythmic touches, analyse gender-related patterns in maraca use, and classify four levels of object-mediated behaviours: elementary, movement, conventional, and symbolic. Findings show that maraca-mediated interactions occurred more frequently with girls than with boys, and that movement-level behaviours (e.g. shaking, hitting) were the most common across all parents. In addition to describing these patterns, we present two narrative vignettes illustrating the four levels of maraca use in real-life contexts. These results provide insight into how simple musical object mediation can enhance parent–infant engagement. We outline implications for early childhood practice and policy, suggesting that musical object use can support parent sensitivity and foster more equitable interaction styles across genders and cultural contexts.