Naslov
Mothers Perception of Infant Affect in a Croatian Sample - The IFEEL Pictures Assessment

Autori
Szainberg, Nathan M., Škrinjarić, Jarmila ; Vidović, Vesna ; DeZan, Damir

Izvornik
Infant Mental Health Journal (0163-9641) 15 (1994), 4; 328-335

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
IFEEL; infant; mother; affects

Sažetak
Recent work demonstrates systematic variability in mothers perception of infant affects in adolescent, depressed, abusive and preterm mothers. This Croatian study completed before the war in the former Yugoslavia reports cultural differences and similarities in mothers interpretation of infant affect in 103 mothers of helathy, full-term Croatian infants when compared to American sample. The IFEEL Pictures (IFP) were administered to assess mothers perceptionand interpretation of infants facial expressions. Comparison of the IFP scores for Croatian and American mothers revealed significant differences in 3 of 12 affect categories, controlling for education.Croatian mothers with different educatioonal backgrounds showed significant differences in their perception of infants affects. Differences between American mothers and Croatian educated mothers were less marked than between Croatian high educated and low educated mothers. Our work suggests thath there are cultural differences and similarities in affect interpretation between Croatian and American mothers. If this finding holds, it suggests that studies are needed of the effects if any, on mother-child interaction and child-rearing patterns, and possible differences in cross-cultural affect development

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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