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Sagi, Abraham; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Compared the attachment classification distributions of 23 infants in Israeli kibbutzim with communal sleeping arrangements with those of 25 infants in kibbutzim with home-based sleeping arrangements. Among the home-based infants, 80% were securely attached to their mothers versus only 48% of the infants in communal sleeping arrangements. (MDM)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Maital, Sharone L.; Tal, Joseph – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Compared caregiving activities of Israeli kibbutzim mothers, nonfamilial caregivers, and city homemaker mothers. Found that 5-month-olds differed in exploration and vocalization with different caregivers. Caregiving activities, interactions, and developmental processes provided by kibbutz mothers and "metepelet" (child care specialists)…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect
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Levy-Shiff, Rachel; Lerman, Maya; Har-Even, Dov; Hod, Moshe – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Explored relation of biological and psychosocial risk factors to infant development among pregnant women who had pregestational diabetes, gestational diabetes, or were nondiabetic. Found that infants of diabetic mothers scored lower on the Bayley Scales at 1 year and revealed fewer positive and more negative behaviors than infants of nondiabetic…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Coping, Diabetes
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Sagi, Abraham; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
A cross-national comparison of infant behavior in the Strange Situation was designed to determine whether preseparation episodes made any difference in attachment classifications and whether infant behavior before separation from mother was the same in different countries. Infants in different countries made similar primary appraisals of the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries