Developing Patterns of Parenting in Two Cultural Communities

Autor/inn/en	Keller, Heidi; Borke, Joern; Lamm, Bettina; Lohaus, Arnold; Yovsi, Relindis Dzeaye
Titel	Developing Patterns of Parenting in Two Cultural Communities
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 35 (2011) 3, S.233-245 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025410380652
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Child Rearing; Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Models; Cultural Differences; Child Caregivers; Parents; Infant Care; Socialization; Social Change; Social Environment; Correlation; Sample Size; Infants; Sociocultural Patterns; Cameroon; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Kindererziehung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Analogiemodell; Kultureller Unterschied; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Eltern; Säuglingspflege; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Sozialer Wandel; Soziales Umfeld; Korrelation; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Kamerun; Deutschland
Abstract	This paper is aimed at analyzing verbal and nonverbal strategies in terms of body contact, face-to-face contact, and discourse style during the first three months of life in two cultural communities that have been characterized as embodying different cultural models of parenting: German middle-class, and Nso farmer families. It can be demonstrated that the Nso mothers have significantly higher rates of body contact during the assessments of free-play interactions during the first 12 weeks than the German women. The German women on the other hand demonstrate the expected increase of face-to-face contact, whereas the Nso women demonstrate a significantly lower and stable pattern of face-to-face contact over the assessments. The German mothers use an agentic discourse style, whereas the Nso mothers use a relational discourse style. Moreover, body contact and a relational discourse style form one parenting strategy, whereas face-to-face contact and the agentic discourse style form another parenting strategy. The results demonstrate culture-specific parenting strategies that not only differ with respect to the amount of behaviors expressed, but also the developmental course of particular behaviors. It is also evident that socialization strategies are expressed in different behavioral channels. The role of sociodemographic variables is particularly discussed with respect to their impact for defining sociocultural environments. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10