Culture and temperament: Influences on infant temperament in three East African societies.
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Vol. 54 (1), 83-96
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01477.x
Abstract
In this study, 178 infants from three East African societies differing on a number of environmental dimensions were examined to determine if aspects of their developmental environment influenced temperament characteristics. Data strongly suggest that cultural child-rearing patterns, degree of modernization, maternal orientation, ecological setting, and specific early life events contribute to temperament.Keywords
Funding Information
- University of Rochester
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH16544)
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