Bornstein Marc H, Cote Linda R
Child and Family Research Program in Developmental Neuroscience Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Infant Ment Health J. 2009 Sep;30(5):433-451. doi: 10.1002/imhj.20223.
Temperament among children (N = 111 20-month-olds) from three cultural backgrounds in the United States (Latin American, Japanese American, and European American) was investigated. In accord with a biobehavioral universalist perspective on the expression of early temperament, few significant group differences in child temperament were found, regardless of cultural background. However, factors associated with maternal reports of child temperament differed by cultural group. The findings provide insight into the nature of child temperament generally and temperament of children in immigrant families specifically as well as parenting in immigrant families.
对来自美国三种文化背景(拉丁裔、日裔美国人和欧裔美国人)的111名20个月大儿童的气质进行了调查。根据关于早期气质表达的生物行为普遍主义观点,无论文化背景如何,儿童气质方面几乎没有显著的群体差异。然而,与母亲报告的儿童气质相关的因素因文化群体而异。这些发现为儿童气质的一般性质、特别是移民家庭中儿童的气质以及移民家庭中的养育方式提供了见解。