Good Child is a Calm Child: Mothers' Social Status, Maternal Conceptions of Proper Demeanor, and Stranger Anxiety in One-Year Old Cameroonian Nso Children

Our article questions the assumption that stranger anxiety develops universally in children; thereby our study is rooted in a long tradition in psychological anthropology of testing the universality of theories formulated in Western society. We argue that the infant's behavior towards strangers...

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Main Authors: Hiltrud Otto, Heidi Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Rijeka 2015-04-01
Series:Psychological Topics
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Online Access:https://pt.ffri.hr/pt/article/view/247