Attentional control in infancy has been postulated as foundational for self-regulation later in life. However, the empirical evidence supporting this claim is inconsistent. In the current study, we examined the longitudinal data from a sample of Swedish infants (6, 10, and 18 months, n = 118, 59 boys) across a broad set of eye-tracking tasks to find stable markers of attention. Two attention indices showed a high degree of stability and internal consistency but were not related to self-regulatory functions measures at 18 or 30 months. Our findings add to a growing body of research suggesting that a relation between attentional control and self-regulation is unsupported. We discuss the need for a revision of the idea of attention as foundational for self-regulation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

---

注意控制在婴儿期是一种稳定的结构，但与幼儿期的自我调节功能并没有稳定的联系。

婴儿期的注意力控制被认为是以后生活中自我调节的基础。然而，支持这一说法的经验证据并不一致。在当前的研究中，我们检查了瑞典婴儿样本（6、10 和 18 个月，n = 118, 59 名男孩）在广泛的眼动追踪任务中的纵向数据，以找到稳定的注意力标记。两个注意力指数表现出高度的稳定性和内部一致性，但与 18 或 30 个月时的自我调节功能测量无关。我们的研究结果增加了越来越多的研究表明注意力控制和自我调节之间的关系不受支持。我们讨论了对作为自我调节基础的注意力观念进行修订的必要性。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。