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How Are Notions of Childcare Similar or Different among American, Chinese, Japanese and Swedish Teachers?
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Izumi-Taylor, Satomi; Lee, Yu-Yuan; Franceschini, Louis – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine similarities and differences in the perceptions of childcare among American, Chinese, Japanese and Swedish early childhood teachers. Participants consisted of 78 American teachers, 156 Chinese teachers, 158 Japanese teachers, and 157 Swedish teachers. The results of quantitative analysis revealed that these…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mothers, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
Cross-Cultural Patterns of Attachment: A Meta-Analysis of t?Y Strange Situation.
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van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Kroonenberg, Pieter M. – Child Development, 1988
Examines 2,000 Strange Situation classifications obtained in eight different countries. Differences and similarities between distributions in classifications of samples are investigated using correspondence analysis. Substantial intracultural differences are established; data also suggest a pattern of cross-cultural differences. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Infants, Meta Analysis
Primary Appraisal of the Strange Situation: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Preseparation Episodes.
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Sagi, Abraham; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
A cross-national comparison of infant behavior in the Strange Situation was designed to determine whether preseparation episodes made any difference in attachment classifications and whether infant behavior before separation from mother was the same in different countries. Infants in different countries made similar primary appraisals of the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries