We investigated whether synchrony at a physiological level (i.e., real-time correspondence of biological indices between two individuals) related to observed levels of dyadic attunement (i.e., levels of connectedness, joint attention, and reciprocity), and whether these measures could distinguish between mother-child dyads with and without clinical levels of externalizing behavioral problems. E...

Stress responses within dyads are modulated by interactions such as mutual emotional support and conflict. We investigated dyadic psychobiological factors influencing intra-individual cortisol variability in response to different challenging situations by testing 132 owners and their dogs in a laboratory setting. Salivary cortisol was measured and questionnaires were used to assess owner and do...

BACKGROUND Parenting self-esteem includes two global components, parents' self-efficacy and satisfaction with their parental role, and has a crucial role in parent-child interactions. The purpose of this study was to develop an integrative model linking adult attachment insecurities, dyadic adjustment, and parenting self-esteem. METHODS The study involved 118 pairs (236 subjects) of heterosex...

Human-cat dyads may be similar in interaction structure to human dyads because many humans regard their cats as being social companions. Consequently, we predict that dyadic structure will be contingent on owner and cat personalities, sex, and age as well as duration of cohabitation of the partners. Forty owner-cat dyads were visited in their homes, on four occasions, during which their behavio...

Functional imaging studies have shown that individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) display prefrontal and amygdala dysfunction while viewing or listening to emotional or traumatic stimuli. The study examined for the first time the functional neuroanatomy of attachment trauma in BPD patients using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during the telling of individual storie...

Traditional wavelet-based image coders use dyadic multiresolution decompositions, resulting in spatial resolutions that are also dyadic in scale, i.e., powers of 1/2 the original resolution. In this paper, we increase the set of decodable spatial resolutions beyond dyadic scales by introducing a two-dimensional wavelet decomposition made of combining wavelet transforms of non-integer dilation f...

A working paper in the INSEAD Working Paper Series is intended as a means whereby a faculty researcher's thoughts and fmdings may be communicated to interested readers. The paper should be considered preliminary in nature and may require revision. and our Editor and anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments on this research. Measurement Quality Issues in Dyadic Models of Relationships...

Embodied Conversational Agents have been widely used to simulate dyadic interactions with users. We want to explore the context of expression of interpersonal attitudes in simulated group conversations. We are presenting a model that allows agents to exhibit a variety of nonverbal behaviors (e.g gestures, facial expressions, proxemics) depending on the interpersonal attitudes that they want to ...

In this report, we present a user study and dataset designed and collected to analyze how humans use space in face-to-face interactions. The experimental design highlights different interaction cues— initiation, acceptance, maintenance, manipulation, and termination—in dyadic and triadic scenarios; these cues are characteristic of transitions into, during, and out of a potentially multi-party s...