The Nature and Structure of Mothers' Parenting their Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test three competing models of the nature and structure of maternal parenting practices with infants in U.S. national and multiple international samples. The three models were a one-factor dimensional model, a multi-factor style model, and a hybrid two-factor/six-domain model. Undertaking this evaluation of parenting with national and international samples permits a wide yet judicious analysis of culture-common versus culture-specific models of maternal parenting practices with young infants.

Method

Basic caregiving practices of primiparous mothers with their 5-month-old infants during naturalistic interactions at home in nine different cultures were videorecorded, microcoded, and analyzed. Individual practices were organized into nurture, physical, social, dida

SUBMITTER: Bornstein MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281387 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature