Development in Context: What We Need to Know to Assess Children's Attachment Relationships

Autor/inn/en	Schmidt, Wiebke Johanna; Keller, Heidi; Rosabal Coto, Mariano
Titel	Development in Context: What We Need to Know to Assess Children's Attachment Relationships
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 57 (2021) 12, S.2206-2219 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Schmidt, Wiebke Johanna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001262
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Attachment Behavior; Cultural Differences; Infants; Toddlers; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Styles; Rural Urban Differences; Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Child Rearing; Family Structure; Mothers; Fathers; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Caregivers; Interpersonal Relationship; Costa Rica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Kultureller Unterschied; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Kindererziehung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Mother; Mutter; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienstand; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Attachment studies mostly follow the Western middle-class model in theory and methods. To demonstrate that the assessment of children's caregiving context is an often neglected, but crucial prerequisite for attachment studies, we (a) conducted a literature analysis of attachment research in non-Western contexts and (b) empirically investigated the caregiving arrangements and cultural concepts of attachment figures in three cultural groups in Costa Rica: rural Guanacaste, urban San José, and rural indigenous Bribri. All persons involved in caring for 65 infants (7-20 months) participated in the study, resulting in a total of 179 semistructured interviews. The samples showed differences in caregiving practices, with the urban sample resembling Western middle-class contexts emphasizing the maternal importance; the two rural samples showing extensive caregiving networks; however, differently composed. Moreover, the three samples revealed culturally specific concepts of potential attachment figures. The study emphasizes the need for culturally sensitive conceptual and methodological approaches in attachment research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01