Mothers' perceptions of infant affect in a croatian sample
The Ifeel pictures assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11277494 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathan Szajnberg (0000-0003-2819-2326, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin), Nathan M Szajnberg, Jarmila Skrinjaric, Vesa Vidovic, Damir Dezan |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 328-335 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Infant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1097-0355(199424)15:4<328::aid-imhj2280150402>3.0.co;2-5 |
| OpenAlex | W1987676023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Recent work demonstrates systematic variability in mothers' perceptions of infant affects in adolescent, depressed, abusive, and preterm mothers (Emde, Osofsky,&Butterfield, 1993). This Croatian study, completed before the war in the former Yugoslavia, reports cultural differences and similarities in mothers' interpretation of infant affect in 103 mothers of healthy, full-term Croatian infants when compared to an American sample. The IFEEL Pictures (IFP) were administered to assess mothers' perception and interpretation of infants' facial expressions. Comparisons of the IFP scores for Croatian and American mothers revealed significant differences in 3 of 12 affect categories, controlling for education. Croatian mothers with different educational backgrounds showed significant differences in their perceptions of infants' affects. Differences between American mothers and Croatian educated mothers were less marked than those between Croatian high-educated and low-educated mothers. Our work suggests that there are cultural differences and similarities in affect interpretation between Croatian and American mothers. If this finding holds, it suggests that studies are needed of the effects if any, on mother-child interaction and child-rearing patterns, and possible differences in cross-cultural affect development.
Affect (linguistics) · Art · Croatian · Developmental psychology · Humanities · Interpretation (philosophy) · Perception · Sociology · Demography · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2019 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |