Concepts of mother-infant interaction in Greece and Germany
Authors: Papaeliou, Christina 
Chrysikou, Evangelia 
Mousouli, Vicky 
Kuensemueller, Petra 
Kokkinaki, Theano 
Papaligoura, Zaira 
Voelker, Sousanne 
Lamm, Bettina 
Lohaus, Arnold 
Keller, Heidi 
Issue Date: 1-Nov-2003
Journal: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 
Volume: 34
Issue: 6
Keywords: Contingency, Independence, Parenting, Socialization, Warmth
Abstract: 
This study deals with parenting from a cultural perspective. Based on Kagitcibasi's model of the autonomous relational self, the authors analyzed Greek urban middle-class mothers' parenting strategies and compared them with German urban middle-class mothers' parenting styles. Interactional behaviors were assessed during videotaped, free-play home observations. It was assumed that urban middle-class Greek and German mothers do not differ in their display of face-to-face context and object stimulation, both considered as supporting an independent agency, that Greek mothers modulate the face-to-face context more with facial warmth than do German mothers who on the other hand, modulate their face-to-face behavior more with experiences of contingency than do Greek mothers. The data confirm our assumptions with the exception of baby talk as a second indicator of facial warmth. The data are interpreted in terms of foundations of socialization pathways of urban families in independent and interrelated societies without denying intracultural variability.
ISSN: 00220221
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103257035
URI: https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/1577
Type: Article
Department: Department of Early Childhood Education and Care 
School: School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences 
Affiliation: University of West Attica (UNIWA) 
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