Marc H. Bornstein|Diane L. Putnick|Marianne Heslington|Motti Gini|Joan T. D. Suwalsky|Paola Venuti|Simona de Falco|Zeno Giusti|Celia Zingman de Galperín
Mother-child emotional availability in ecological perspective: Three countries, two regions, two genders.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
study used crossnational framework examine country region gender differences emotional availability ea prominent index mutual socioemotional adaptation parentchild dyad altogether 220 argentine italian us mothers daughters sons rural metropolitan areas took part home observations children 20 months old terms country italian mothers sensitive optimally structuring italian children responsive involving argentine us dyads terms region rural mothers intrusive metropolitan mothers boys metropolitan areas responsive boys rural areas terms gender mothers girls sensitive optimally structuring mothers boys daughters responsive involving sons understanding country region gender influence ea exposes forces shape child development parentinfant interaction family systems