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Modalities of Infant-Mother Interaction in Japanese, Japanese American Immigrant, and European American Dyads
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Cote, Linda R.; Haynes, O. Maurice; Suwalsky, Joan T. D.; Bakeman, Roger – Child Development, 2012
Cultural variation in relations and moment-to-moment contingencies of infant-mother person-oriented and object-oriented interactions were compared in 118 Japanese, Japanese American immigrant, and European American dyads with 5.5-month-olds. Infant and mother person-oriented behaviors were related in all cultural groups, but infant and mother…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Child Relationship, Cultural Differences, Infants
Maternal Responsiveness to Infants in Three Societies: The United States, France, and Japan.
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Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
During observed interactions between mothers and infants in New York, Paris, and Tokyo, mothers responded to infants' exploration of the environment with encouragement, infants' vocalized nondistress with imitation, and infants' distress with nurturance. Cultural differences in maternal responsiveness to infant looking behavior were found. (BC)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Mother and Infant Activity and Interaction in Japan and in the United States: II. A Comparative Microanalysis of Naturalistic Exchanges Focused on the Organisation of Infant Attention.
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Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Compares activities related to maternal organization of infant attention toward mother and the environment in Japanese and American mother-child dyads. Results reveal that the two cultures have both similar activity and interaction patterns and culture-specific patterns. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Attention, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Environmental Influences
Mother and Infant Activity and Interaction in France and in the United States: A Comparative Study.
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Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1991
This study focused on French and U.S. mother-infant dyads interacting in their homes. Infants' visual attention, tactual exploration, vocalization and mothers' mediated and unmediated stimulation and speech to infants were observed. Mothers and infants in the two cultures showed some similarities and some different emphases in their activities,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Infant Behavior
Mother and Infant Activity and Interaction in Japan and in the United States: I. A Comparative Microanalysis of Naturalistic Exchanges.
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Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Compares activities and interactions of Japanese and American mothers and their five-month-old infants in their natural home settings from a macroanalytic viewpoint in terms of mothers' verbal and visual stimulation of infants and infants' visual and tactual exploration and vocalization. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Exploratory Behavior
Parenting in Cross-Cultural Perspective: The United States, France, and Japan.
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Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – 1991
In this study of prominent characteristics of parenting in the United States, France, and Japan, 72 mother-infant dyads were examined. The study focused on three prominent interactive domains of visual and vocal exchange between mother and baby (nurturing, social exchange, and didactic stimulation), examining their frequency of occurrence and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences