Culture and the Perceived Organization of Newborn Behavior: A Comparative Study in Kenya and the United States

Autor/inn/en	Super, Charles M.; Harkness, Sara
Titel	Culture and the Perceived Organization of Newborn Behavior: A Comparative Study in Kenya and the United States
Quelle	In: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, (2020) 172, S.11-24 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Super, Charles M.) ORCID (Harkness, Sara)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1520-3247
DOI	10.1002/cad.20366
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Neonates; Infant Behavior; Cultural Differences; Mothers; Undergraduate Students; High School Students; Expertise; Motor Development; Cognitive Development; Cultural Influences; Kenya; Massachusetts; Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Neugeborenes Kind; Kultureller Unterschied; Mother; Mutter; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Expert appraisal; Motorische Entwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kenia; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	The behavior of newborns is ambiguous. Cultural models--representations shared by members of a community--provide new parents and others with a cognitive and motivational structure to understand them. This study asks members of several cultural groups (total n = 100) to judge the "similarity" of behavioral items in the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Data were obtained from NBAS experts, mothers, and undergraduates in Massachusetts, and mothers and high-school students in rural Kenya. Multidimensional scaling of their judgments reveals that NBAS experts were especially attentive to a dimension of State Control--exactly as the scale emphasizes. Kenyan mothers focused on a dimension of motor responsiveness--in accord with their concern and practices regarding motor development, and the Massachusetts mothers organized their judgments around cognitive competence--abilities emphasized in contemporary discussions of early development. The US students appear to be more similar to US mothers than did the Kenya students to the Kenyan mothers. Each adult group's representation reflects their cultural values and goals, and helps them understand the newborn child in local terms. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01