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Observer Judgments of Emotion in American, Japanese, and Chinese Infants.
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Camras, Linda A.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
A cross-national study examined what Japanese, Chinese, and American infants communicated to naive observers in various contexts when facial information was not available. Found that cultural differences were manifested primarily in deviations from expected responses to situations; Chinese and Japanese were not rated as more surprised in the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anger, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect
Q-Sort Security and First-Year Nonmaternal Care.
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Belsky, Jay; Rovine, Michael – New Directions for Child Development, 1990
Maintains that it is premature to conclude that Q-Sort is preferable to Strange Situation for the assessment of attachment security of infants in day care. (BB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Family and Center Contributions to the Adjustment of Infants in Full-Time Day Care.
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Ainslie, Ricardo C. – New Directions for Child Development, 1990
Two studies examine moderators of adjustment in children who have been in full-time day care since infancy. Results suggest that, for children in child care of reasonably good quality, home variables may be more important than center variables in moderating security of attachment. (BB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers