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Download full textHongo, Hiroko – 1994
A study investigated the attitudes of Japanese breastfeeding mothers in the South Bay area in Los Angeles. The sample consisted of 20 Japanese mothers over the age of 18 who were born in Japan, who recently came to the United States, and whose youngest child has been breastfed for at least 6 months. Subjects were interviewed in their native…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Development, Child Health, Cultural Differences
Bean, Ruth Ellen – 1990
Recent research indicated that a field dependent cognitive style, often culture-based, can cause problems for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). English language ability and learning styles, and field dependence (FD), and field independence, were tested in 157 adult Korean and Japanese ESL learners in university and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
