Maternal expectations about infant development of pre-term and full-term infants: a cross-national comparison

Autor:	Y. van Beek, Angela Costabile, Maria Luisa Genta, Alessandra Sansavini
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Cross national comparison media_common.quotation_subject Developmental Milestone Perspective (graphical) Developmental and Educational Psychology Infant development Stereotype Pessimism Full term infants Psychology Developmental psychology media_common Term (time)
Zdroj:	Infant and Child Development. 15:41-58
ISSN:	1522-7219 1522-7227
DOI:	10.1002/icd.428
Popis:	In three European regions (The Netherlands, Northern Italy and Southern Italy) we investigated whether mothers of healthy pre-term infants (n=92) adjust their expectations for the timing of developmental milestones in the first years of life as compared to mothers of full-term infants (n=140). We examined whether these adjustments could be seen as reflecting a pessimistic view, as would be predicted from the ‘prematurity stereotype’ perspective. Partial corrections for prematurity were regularly made, but no indications were found for an overly pessimistic view. Moreover, the differences between the regions in the anticipated timing of mastery of milestones were larger than the effects of prematurity. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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