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Robinson, Katja – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lifeworlds of low-income, single student mothers in two contrasting welfare regimes, the United States and Germany, to understand how their individual experiences as students and as mothers at the micro-level were shaped by policies regarding childcare and financial support at the…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Foreign Countries, Unwed Mothers, Child Care
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Spangler, Gottfried – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2016
In this commentary, Spangler evaluates the Steele, Perez, Segal, and Steele report that arguede that reflective functioning in adolescence could not be predicted by quality of early infant attachment, but was associated with maternal (but not paternal) attachment representation, assessed before the adolescents' birth. Assuming that parental…
Descriptors: Mothers, Attachment Behavior, Interviews, Adults
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Döge, Paula; Keller, Heidi – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study examines the similarity of socialization goals of a group of mothers with different cultural backgrounds and their children's respective preschool teachers in Germany. Additionally, the researchers were interested in the relationship between the degree of mother-teacher similarity and maternal satisfaction with child care. Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Socialization, Mothers, Cultural Differences, Preschool Teachers
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Driessen, Ricarda; Leyendecker, Birgit; Scholmerich, Axel; Harwood, Robin – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
We explored the everyday experiences of 18- to 36-month-old toddlers at two study sites and the influence of adaptation to the host culture on the everyday experiences of children from migrant families. First- and second-generation Puerto Rican families in Connecticut, USA, first- and second-generation Turkish families in Bochum, Germany, as well…
Descriptors: Mothers, Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Cultural Influences
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Stoessel, Katharina; Titzmann, Peter F.; Silbereisen, Rainer K. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2011
New experiences, challenges, and opportunities inherent in biographical transitions are expected to foster the psychosocial development of individuals. Our study investigated, first, developmental gains in children's language competence, social support seeking, and self control following the transitions to kindergarten and school; second, whether…
Descriptors: Child Development, Psychological Patterns, Social Development, Immigrants
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Nauck, Bernhard; Suckow, Jana – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
The article explores the relevance of intergenerational relationships within the overall network of young mothers and grandmothers in seven societies: Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Turkey, Israel, and Germany. The empirical base is 2,945 named network members in 249 pairs of interviews of grandmothers and their daughters from a cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Daughters, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship