Taverna Livia, Bornstein Marc H, Putnick Diane L, Axia Giovanna
J Cross Cult Psychol. 2011 Apr;42(3):445-465. doi: 10.1177/0022022110362748.
On account of a series of unique historical events, the present-day denizens of South Tyrol inhabit a cultural, political, and linguistic autonomous region that intercalates Italians and Austrian/German Italians. We compared contemporary Italian and Austrian/German Italian girls' and boys' adaptive behaviors in everyday activities in this region. Using the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, we first interviewed mothers about their children's communication, daily living, socialization, and motor skills. Main effects of local culture (and no interactions with gender) emerged: Austrian/German Italian children were rated higher than Italian children in both adaptive daily living and socialization skills. Next, we explored ethnic differences in childrearing. Austrian/German Italians reported fostering greater autonomy in their children than Italians, and children's autonomy was associated with their adaptive behavior. Children living in neighboring Italian and Austrian/German Italian cultural niches appear to experience subtle but consequentially different conditions of development that express themselves in terms of differing levels of adaptive behaviors.
由于一系列独特的历史事件，如今南蒂罗尔的居民生活在一个文化、政治和语言都具有自治权的地区，该地区夹在意大利人和奥地利/德裔意大利人之间。我们比较了该地区当代意大利和奥地利/德裔意大利女孩及男孩在日常活动中的适应性行为。我们使用文兰适应行为量表，首先采访了母亲们关于她们孩子的沟通、日常生活、社交和运动技能。出现了当地文化的主要影响（且与性别无交互作用）：奥地利/德裔意大利儿童在适应性日常生活和社交技能方面的评分高于意大利儿童。接下来，我们探讨了育儿方面的种族差异。奥地利/德裔意大利人报告称，他们比意大利人更注重培养孩子的自主性，并且孩子的自主性与他们的适应性行为相关。生活在相邻的意大利和奥地利/德裔意大利文化环境中的儿童似乎经历了微妙但后果不同的发展状况，这些状况以不同水平的适应性行为表现出来。
