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Ecocultural Effects on Early Infant Care

A Study in Cameroon, India, and Germany

Bibliographic Data

ID2474732
AuthorsH Keller (0009-0003-6216-1467, Osnabrück University), Monika Abels (0000-0003-2087-8673, Osnabrück University), Bettina Lamm (0000-0001-5858-6137, Ministère de la Culture), Relindis D Yovsi (0000-0001-5040-3324, Osnabrück University), Susanne Voelker (Osnabrück University), Aruna Lakhani (Issues Research)
Year2005
Volume33
Issue4
Pages512-541
Publication date2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-2131 • E-ISSN: 1548-1352
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/eth.2005.33.4.512
OpenAlexW2004612459
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited33

In this study, the early social experiences of infants from two agricultural societies, Indian Rajput and Cameroonian Nso are compared to each other and to German urban middle-class families. Using spot observations, infants' social experiences were assessed when they were between 2.5 and 3 months. The parenting styles in the three communities are distinctly different from each other. However, the Nso and the Rajputs share a parenting pattern that can be regarded as supporting the development of communion. Differences between the two agrarian communities are related to different emotional expressivity and different health and nutritional status. The German caregiving pattern can be regarded as oriented towards the development of agency. In the discussion the question of the cultural interpretation of parenting behaviors is raised, emphasizing that the analysis of both shared practices as well as shared ideas is important in order to understand the dynamics of parenting in cultural context

Agency (philosophy) · Agrarian society · Agriculture · Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Geography · German · Social science · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child and Animal Learning Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year0,93
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
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