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Publication Date: 1993
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Multiple Caregiving among African Americans and Infant Attachment: The Need for an Emic Approach.
Jackson, Jacquelyne Faye
Human Development, v36 n2 p87-102 Mar-Apr 1993
Misunderstandings of African-American infant attachments are likely if evaluative standards derived from infant caregiving in traditional white middle-class culture and an external point of view are employed. An exploratory study involving 37 African-American infants found that they had between 2 and 5 primary adult caregivers, as well as a larger set of secondary caregivers. (MDM)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Blacks, Child Caregivers, Cultural Influences, Ethnography, Infants, Research Methodology
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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