title: Caregiver-child interactions in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States.
abstract: This study reports the results of an investigation of the contact stimulation between caregivers and their children in 409 dyads (38 in Japan; 100 in Taiwan; and 271 in the United States). An instrument was used to record quantitative and qualitative data of the dyads in the three countries. A time-sampling procedure of 1 minute of observation and 1 minute of recording, with a minimum of 15 minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes, per dyad was used for data collection. The findings indicate significant differences at the p = 0.0001 level among the three cultural groups on the following variables: proximity, clothing, soothing, playing with the child, reading to the child, holding the child, and behavior toward a sleeping child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Systems, School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506-9610, USA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012929:Psychological Distance; D011678:Punishment; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D012925:Social Conformity; D013624:Taiwan; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States