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Is the Ideal Mother a Sensitive Mother? Beliefs about Early Childhood Parenting in Mothers across the Globe
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Mesman, Judi; van IJzendoorn, Marinus; Behrens, Kazuko; Carbonell, Olga Alicia; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Cohen-Paraira, Inbar; de la Harpe, Christian; Ekmekçi, Hatice; Emmen, Rosanneke; Heidar, Jailan; Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Mels, Cindy; Mooya, Haatembo; Murtisari, Sylvia; Nóblega, Magaly; Ortiz, Jenny Amanda; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Sichimba, Francis; Soares, Isabel; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Pape, Marloes; van Ginkel, Joost; van der Veer, René; Wang, Lamei; Selcuk, Bilge; Yavuz, Melis; Zreik, Ghadir – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
In this article, we test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory's notion of the sensitive mother. In a sample including 26 cultural groups from 15 countries around the globe, 751 mothers sorted the Maternal Behavior Q-Set to reflect their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Young Children
Parenting Style as a Moderator of Effects of Political Violence: Cross-Cultural Comparison of Israeli Jewish and Arab Children
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Slone, Michelle; Shechner, Tomer; Farah, Oula Khoury – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2012
This study examined cross-cultural differences in the moderating function of authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive parenting styles for Jewish and Arab Israeli children exposed to political violence. Respondents were parents and children aged 10-11 from 94 families (42 Arab, 52 Jewish). Parents completed the Parenting Styles and Dimensions…
Descriptors: Jews, Cross Cultural Studies, Mothers, Parenting Styles
Sympathy, Distress, and Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children in Four Cultures
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Trommsdorff, Gisela; Friedlmeier, Wolfgang; Mayer, Boris – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
This study examined emotional responding (sympathy and distress) and prosocial behavior as well as their relations across four cultures in a specific context. Preschool children (N = 212) from two Western cultures, Germany and Israel, and two South-East Asian cultures, Indonesia and Malaysia, participated in this study. Children's emotional…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences
Social Milieu and Future Orientation: The Case of Kibbutz vs. Urban Adolescents.
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Seginer, Rachel – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
Examines the effect of one social milieu factor (Israeli kibbutz vs. urban lifestyle) on adolescents' future orientation. Analysis of questionnaires from 114 kibbutz and 112 urban adolescents shows that kibbutz adolescents express fewer hopes for the future. (SKC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Long Range Planning, Psychological Studies
Maternal Personality and Parenting Cognitions in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Hahn, Chun-Shin; Haynes, O. Maurice; Belsky, J.; Azuma, Hiroshi; Kwak, Keumjoo; Maital, Sharone; Painter, Kathleen M.; Varron, Cheryl; Pascual, Liliana; Toda, Sueko; Venuti, Paola; Vyt, Andre; de Galperin, Celia Zingman – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
A total of 467 mothers of firstborn 20-month-old children from 7 countries (103 Argentine, 61 Belgian, 39 Israeli, 78 Italian, 57 Japanese, 69 Korean, and 60 US American) completed the "Jackson Personality Inventory" (JPI), measures of parenting cognitions (self-perceptions and knowledge), and a social desirability scale. Our first…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Social Desirability, Mothers, Child Rearing
Adolescent Control Beliefs: Cross-Cultural Variations of Primary and Secondary Orientations.
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Seginer, Rachel; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1993
Two studies compared primary and secondary control beliefs of adolescents living in modern cultures (Germans, North Americans, Jewish Israelis) with those of adolescents in cultures undergoing a transition to modernity (Malaysians, Israeli Druzes). Found that adolescents from transitional cultures endorsed secondary control beliefs to a greater…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Early Environmental Experiences and School Achievement in the Second Grade: An Israeli Study.
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Ninio, Anat – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Three sources of variability in school achievement of children from demographically homogeneous families were identified: (1) socioeconomic status, (2) family configuration, which are direct and environmentally mediated effects of families' demographic characteristics, and (3) individual differences in the quality of the early environment. (RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Demography, Elementary School Students
The Dimensions of Peer Evaluation in Israel: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.
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Krispin, Orit; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Used the Revised Class Play test to compare the attitudes of Jewish second through seventh graders in Israel with attitudes of North American children, as assessed in previous studies. Although results on broad measures of leadership, aggression, and sensitivity were similar, some culturally specific differences were apparent. (MDM)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Attitude Measures, Childhood Attitudes