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Crossing boundaries: a pilot study of maternal attitudes about child maltreatme...
Mesman, Judi; Branger, Marjolein; Woudstra, Mi-lan; Emmen, Rosanneke; Asanjarani, Faramarz; Carcamo, Rodrigo; Hsiao, Celia; Mels, Cindy; Selcuk, BilgeBackground: Definitions of child maltreatment vary widely between studies, and even more so between different cultural contexts. Objective: In this pilot study, we examine between-country variations in maternal notions about what constitutes child maltreatment. Participants and setting: The sample consisted of 466 mothers recruited in Chile, China, Greece, Iran, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Turkey, ...
Is the ideal mother a sensitive mother? Beliefs about early childhood parenting...
Mesman, Judi; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus; Behrens, Kazuko; Carbonell, Olga Alicia; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Cohen-Paraira, Inbar; De la Harpe, ChristianIn this paper we test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory’s notion of the sensitive mother. In a sample including 26 cultural groups from 15 countries around the globe, 751 mothers sorted the Maternal Behavior Q-Set to reflect their ideas about the ideal mother. The results show strong convergence be...