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Attachment between infants and mothers in China
- Source :
- International Journal of Behavioral Development. 39:485-491
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2015.
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Abstract
- The first distribution of Chinese infant–mother ( n = 61) attachment classifications categorised by trained and reliability-tested coders is reported with statistical comparisons to US norms and previous Chinese distributions. Three-way distribution was 15% insecure-avoidant, 62% secure, 13% insecure-resistant, and 4-way distribution was 13% insecure-avoidant, 58% secure, 16% insecure-resistant,13% disorganised. These findings support the hypotheses that: (1) consistent with global norms the majority of infants will show secure attachments to mother; (2) insecure-resistant attachments will be greater than insecure-avoidant attachments in this interdependent cultural setting; and (3) disorganised attachments will be comparable to Western norms. Pooled samples from previously reported Chinese samples demonstrate deviations from US norms on all categories including relatively low proportions of avoidant and disorganised classifications, especially among samples from the South. Culture-specific childrearing practices and the role of training and reliability-testing for coders are suggested as possible contributors to these differences.
- Subjects :
- Social Psychology
Child rearing
Family structure
Cultural context
Sample (statistics)
Education
Developmental psychology
Developmental Neuroscience
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Infant development
Strange situation
Statistical analysis
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Psychology
China
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14640651 and 01650254
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Behavioral Development
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1c3064cfc275cba6c3111f37c942121b