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Developmental Consequences of Early Parenting Experiences: Self‐Recognition and Self‐Regulation in Three Cultural Communities
Author(s) -
Keller Heidi,
Yovsi Relindis,
Borke Joern,
Kärtner Joscha,
Jensen Henning,
Papaligoura Zaira
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00814.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , sociocultural evolution , style (visual arts) , parenting styles , observational study , middle class , child development , pathology , sociology , anthropology , political science , law , history , medicine , archaeology
This study relates parenting of 3‐month‐old children to children's self‐recognition and self‐regulation at 18 to 20 months. As hypothesized, observational data revealed differences in the sociocultural orientations of the 3 cultural samples' parenting styles and in toddlers' development of self‐recognition and self‐regulation. Children of Cameroonian Nso farmers who experience a proximal parenting style develop self‐regulation earlier, children of Greek urban middle‐class families who experience a distal parenting style develop self‐recognition earlier, and children of Costa Rican middle‐class families who experience aspects of both distal and proximal parenting styles fall between the other 2 groups on both self‐regulation and self‐recognition. Results are discussed with respect to their implications for culturally informed developmental pathways.