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Children´s ideas about infant care: A comparison of rural Nso children from Cameroon and German middle class children

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dc.contributor.advisor	Prof. Dr. Heidi Keller
dc.creator	Lamm, Bettina
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-30T14:56:26Z
dc.date.available	2010-01-30T14:56:26Z
dc.date.issued	2008-07-31T13:35:23Z
dc.date.submitted	2008-07-31T13:35:23Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-2008080129	-
dc.description.abstract	In this study, children s ideas about childcare were investigated cross-culturally, considering gender differences as well as developmental and cultural factors. Children between 4 and 8 years of age were interviewed. A rural Nso sample representing a prototypical interdependent context (N=72) and a German middle-class sample representing a prototypical independent context (N=64) were selected. Through the help of picture cards that showed children caring for babies, the children were asked to answer what aspects of care (e.g. primary care, body contact, or object stimulation) are most important and why they are important. Furthermore, the children were asked to elaborate on what they would like to teach a baby and how to react in certain situations, such as infant crying. It was assumed that the children s ideas reflect the characteristic model of childrearing of the respective cultural community. Older children were expected to express more elaborated ideas, but gender differences in the knowledge about infant care were not expected. Results indicate that the Nso and German children apply different caregiving models. The Nso model is characterized by multiple caregivers, co-occurring care, high sensitivity to negative infant signals, and a focus on body contact. The German model, on the other hand, was based on exclusive attention by the mother and distal parenting, such as object stimulation, face-to-face interaction, and vocal interaction. The German children s unexpected focus on primary care and motor development is discussed with respect to different practical caregiving experiences of the German and Nso children and varying sense of responsibility for infant care. Concerning age and gender differences, the hypotheses were predominantly confirmed. Finally, methodological challenges of cross-cultural research and of interviews with children are discussed, and perspectives for future research are presented.	eng
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.subject	ethnotheories
dc.subject	infant care
dc.subject	children
dc.subject	Nso
dc.subject	Cameroon
dc.subject	socialization
dc.subject	culture
dc.subject.ddc	150 - Psychologie	ger
dc.title	Children´s ideas about infant care: A comparison of rural Nso children from Cameroon and German middle class children	eng
dc.type	Dissertation oder Habilitation [doctoralThesis]	-
thesis.location	Osnabrück	-
thesis.institution	Universität	-
thesis.type	Dissertation [thesis.doctoral]	-
thesis.date	2008-04-28T12:00:00Z	-
elib.elibid	808	-
elib.marc.edt	jost	-
elib.dct.accessRights	a	-
elib.dct.created	2008-07-30T21:04:37Z	-
elib.dct.modified	2008-07-31T13:35:23Z	-
dc.contributor.referee	Jun.Prof. Dr. Susanne Haberstroh
dc.subject.bk	73.78 - Ethnopsychologie	ger
dc.subject.dnb	11 - Psychologie	ger
vCard.ORG	FB8	ger
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