Is the Ideal Mother a Sensitive Mother? Beliefs about Early Childhood Parenting in Mothers across the Globe

Autor/inn/en	Mesman, Judi; van IJzendoorn, Marinus; Behrens, Kazuko; Carbonell, Olga Alicia; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Cohen-Paraira, Inbar; de la Harpe, Christian; Ekmekçi, Hatice; Emmen, Rosanneke; Heidar, Jailan; Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Mels, Cindy; Mooya, Haatembo; Murtisari, Sylvia; Nóblega, Magaly; Ortiz, Jenny Amanda; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Sichimba, Francis; Soares, Isabel; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Pape, Marloes; van Ginkel, Joost; van der Veer, René; Wang, Lamei; Selcuk, Bilge; Yavuz, Melis; Zreik, Ghadir
Titel	Is the Ideal Mother a Sensitive Mother? Beliefs about Early Childhood Parenting in Mothers across the Globe
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40 (2016) 5, S.385-397 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025415594030
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Child Rearing; Young Children; Early Childhood Education; Psychological Patterns; Parenting Styles; Cross Cultural Studies; Socioeconomic Status; Cultural Influences; Child Behavior; Attachment Behavior; Foreign Countries; Beliefs; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Ethnic Groups; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Brazil; Chile; China; Colombia; Egypt; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Netherlands; Peru; Portugal; Turkey; United States; Uruguay; Zambia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kindererziehung; Frühe Kindheit; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Ausland; Belief; Glaube; Prädiktor; Korrelation; Ethnie; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Brasilien; Kolumbien; Ägypten; Indonesien; Niederlande; Türkei; USA; Sambia
Abstract	In this article, we test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory's notion of the sensitive mother. In a sample including 26 cultural groups from 15 countries around the globe, 751 mothers sorted the Maternal Behavior Q-Set to reflect their ideas about the ideal mother. The results show strong convergence between maternal beliefs about the ideal mother and attachment theory's description of the sensitive mother across groups. Cultural group membership significantly predicted variations in maternal sensitivity belief scores, but this effect was substantially accounted for by group variations in socio-demographic factors. Mothers living in rural versus urban areas, with a low family income, and with more children, were less likely to describe the ideal mother as highly sensitive. Cultural group membership did remain a significant predictor of variations in maternal sensitivity belief scores above and beyond socio-demographic predictors. The findings are discussed in terms of the universal and culture-specific aspects of the sensitivity construct. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01