Barbara Welles‐Nyström
Biographic Data
| ID | 7597103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Welles‐Nyström |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Welles‐Nyström |
| SIGNATURE | NYSTRÖM B W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Culture, Temperament, and the “Difficult Child”
This study explores parental ethnotheories of children's temperament through mothers' responses to McDevitt and Carey's Behavioral Style Questionnaire (1978) for 299 children aged 3 to 8 years and interviews with their parents, in Australia, Italy, t
Mixed Methods in International Collaborative Research
The power of a mixed-methods approach combining anthropological and psychological theories and methods is demonstrated through the experiences of the International Study of Parents, Children, and Schools, a collaborative project involving teams of researchers from seven Western countries. The developmental niche framework of Super and Harkness proved useful for integrating multiple methods to understand the context of children’s early development…
The meaning of postponed motherhood for women in the United States and Sweden
This exploratory study considered certain psychosocial, medical, and cultural aspects of the phenomenon of postponed motherhood for one cohort of white women born between 1947 and 1953 in Sweden and the United States. A cross-cultural comparison was made of the experience of pregnancy and the early perinatal period in 15 American and 16 Swedish women to find out (a) whether timing decisions reflected the influence of feminist ideology toward a re…
Toy Stories
One hundred twenty 4-year-old children (30 from each culture, half girls) told two stories using toys with aggressive and neutral cues. Preschool teachers rated children's social competence and classroom behavior and parents completed a questionnaire about their child-rearing practices. Children's narratives were coded for length, complexity, story characteristics, thematic content, and number of aggressive words. Results showed that American chi…
Parenthood and infancy in Sweden
Swedish parents view pregnancy and early infancy as a time of great vulnerability despite the fact that Sweden has a very low infant mortality rate
Maternal behavior to infants in five cultures
Comparison of observed maternal behavior to infants in five cultures shows differences between agrarian and urban-industrial societies as well as culture-specific patterns related to each local context
Mixed Methods in International Collaborative Research
The power of a mixed-methods approach combining anthropological and psychological theories and methods is demonstrated through the experiences of the International Study of Parents, Children, and Schools, a collaborative project involving teams of researchers from seven Western countries. The developmental niche framework of Super and Harkness proved useful for integrating multiple methods to understand the context of children’s early development…
Toy Stories
One hundred twenty 4-year-old children (30 from each culture, half girls) told two stories using toys with aggressive and neutral cues. Preschool teachers rated children's social competence and classroom behavior and parents completed a questionnaire about their child-rearing practices. Children's narratives were coded for length, complexity, story characteristics, thematic content, and number of aggressive words. Results showed that American chi…
Parenthood and infancy in Sweden
Swedish parents view pregnancy and early infancy as a time of great vulnerability despite the fact that Sweden has a very low infant mortality rate
Maternal behavior to infants in five cultures
Comparison of observed maternal behavior to infants in five cultures shows differences between agrarian and urban-industrial societies as well as culture-specific patterns related to each local context
The meaning of postponed motherhood for women in the United States and Sweden
This exploratory study considered certain psychosocial, medical, and cultural aspects of the phenomenon of postponed motherhood for one cohort of white women born between 1947 and 1953 in Sweden and the United States. A cross-cultural comparison was made of the experience of pregnancy and the early perinatal period in 15 American and 16 Swedish women to find out (a) whether timing decisions reflected the influence of feminist ideology toward a re…
Toy Stories
One hundred twenty 4-year-old children (30 from each culture, half girls) told two stories using toys with aggressive and neutral cues. Preschool teachers rated children's social competence and classroom behavior and parents completed a questionnaire about their child-rearing practices. Children's narratives were coded for length, complexity, story characteristics, thematic content, and number of aggressive words. Results showed that American chi…
Mixed Methods in International Collaborative Research
The power of a mixed-methods approach combining anthropological and psychological theories and methods is demonstrated through the experiences of the International Study of Parents, Children, and Schools, a collaborative project involving teams of researchers from seven Western countries. The developmental niche framework of Super and Harkness proved useful for integrating multiple methods to understand the context of children’s early development…
Culture, Temperament, and the “Difficult Child”
This study explores parental ethnotheories of children's temperament through mothers' responses to McDevitt and Carey's Behavioral Style Questionnaire (1978) for 299 children aged 3 to 8 years and interviews with their parents, in Australia, Italy, t
Developmental psychology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Child development (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works)