Cultural and Educational Variations in Maternal Responsiveness

@article{Richman1992CulturalAE,
  title={Cultural and Educational Variations in Maternal Responsiveness},
  author={Amy L. Richman and P. Miller and R. Levine},
  journal={Developmental Psychology},
  year={1992},
  volume={28},
  pages={614-621}
}
  • Amy L. Richman, P. Miller, R. Levine
  • Published 1992
  • Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
    • Maternal responsiveness is usually associated to varied forms of behavior contingent on a variety of infant signals. This article on cultural and educational variations in maternal responsiveness presents two separate studies examining these hypothesis: 1) that maternal responsiveness is affected by cross-cultural differences in conventions of conversational interaction and 2) that maternal responsiveness is affected by intracultural differences in mothers levels of formal education. The first… CONTINUE READING
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