Developmental consequences of early parenting experiences: self-recognition and self-regulation in three cultural communities.
This study relates parenting of 3-month-old children to children's self-recognition and self-regulation at 18 to 20 months. As hypothesized, observational data revealed differences in the sociocultural orientations of the 3 cultural samples' parenting styles and in toddlers' development of self-recognition and self-regulation. Children of Cameroonian Nso farmers who experience a proximal parenting style develop self-regulation earlier, children of Greek urban middle-class families who experience a distal parenting style develop self-recognition earlier, and children of Costa Rican middle-class families who experience aspects of both distal and proximal parenting styles fall between the other 2 groups on both self-regulation and self-recognition. Results are discussed with respect to their implications for culturally informed developmental pathways.
Keller
Heidi
H
Department of Culture and Development, University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck. hkeller@uos.de
Yovsi
Relindis
R
Borke
Joern
J
Kärtner
Joscha
J
Jensen
Henning
H
Papaligoura
Zaira
Z
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D020377:Self Efficacy