Cultural beliefs and practices related to infant health and development among Nigerian immigrant mothers in Italy

References

• Aina , T. A. , Agiobu‐Kemmer , I. , Etta , E. F. , Zeitlin , M. F. and Setiloane , K. 1993 . Early childhood care, development and nutrition in Lagos State, Nigeria , New York : UNICEF . Phase 1 Survey Results from the Positive Deviance in Nutrition Research Project, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, and Tufts University School of Nutrition.
   Google Scholar
• Axia , G. and Weisner , T. S. 2002 . Infant stress reactivity and home cultural ecology of Italian infants and families. . Infant Behavior and Development , 140 : 1 – 14 .
   Google Scholar
• Axia , G. , Bonichini , S. and Moscardino , U. 2003 . “ Dalle narrative parentali ai dati quantitativi. Etnoteorie parentali in famiglie italiane e nigeriane immigrate in Italia [From parental narratives to quantitative data. Parental ethnotheories in Italian and Nigerian immigrant families in Italy]. ” . In Diverse culture, bambini diversi? , Edited by: Poderico , C , Venuti , P and Marcone , R . 119 – 140 . Milan : Unicopli . [Different cultures, different children?]
   Google Scholar
• Babatunde , E. 1992 . A critical study of Bini and Yoruba value systems of Nigeria in change: culture, religion, and the self , Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press .
   Google Scholar
• Berry , J. W. 1997 . Immigration, acculturation and adaptation. . Applied Psychology: An International Review , 46 : 5 – 34 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bornstein , M. H. and Cote , L. R. 2004a . ‘Who is sitting across from me?’ Immigrant mothers' knowledge of parenting and children's development. . Pediatrics , 114 : 557 – 564 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bornstein , M. H. and Cote , L. R. 2004b . Mothers' parenting cognitions in cultures of origin, acculturating cultures, and cultures of destination. . Child Development , 75 : 221 – 235 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bril , B. and Sabatier , C. 1986 . The cultural context of motor development: postural manipulations in the daily life of Bambara babies (Mali). . International Journal of Behavioral Development , 9 : 439 – 453 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bril , B. , Zack , M. and Nkounkou‐Hombessa , E. 1989 . Ethnotheories of development and education: a view from different cultures. . European Journal of Psychology of Education , 4 : 307 – 318 .
   Google Scholar
• Bruner , J. 1990 . Acts of meaning , Cambridge : Harvard University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Fracasso , M. P. , Lamb , M. E. , Schölmerich , A. and Leyendecker , B. 1997 . The ecology of mother–infant interaction in Euro‐American and immigrant Central American families living in the United States. . International Journal of Behavioral Development , 20 : 207 – 217 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gandini , L. and Edwards , C. P. 2000 . Bambini: the Italian approach to infant–toddler care , New York : Teachers College Press .
   Google Scholar
• Garcia‐Coll , C. T. and Pachter , L. 2002 . “ Ethnic and minority parenting. ” . In Handbook of parenting: vol. 4: social conditions and applied parenting , Edited by: Bornstein , M. H . 1 – 20 . Mahwah, NJ : Erlbaum . In
   Google Scholar
• Garcia‐Coll , C. T. , Akiba , D. , Palacios , N. , Bailey , B. , Silver , R. , DiMartino , L. and Chin , C. 2002 . Parental involvement in children's education: lessons from three immigrant groups. . Parenting: Science and Practice , 2 : 303 – 324 .
   Google Scholar
• Goodnow , J. J. and Collins , W. A. 1990 . Development according to parents: the nature, sources, and consequences of parents' ideas , Hove : Erlbaum .
   Google Scholar
• Greenfield , P. M. 1994 . “ Independence and interdependence as developmental scripts: implications for theory, research, and practice. ” . In Cross‐cultural roots of minority child development , Edited by: Greenfield , P. M and Cocking , R. R . 1 – 37 . Hillsdale, NJ : Erlbaum . In
   Google Scholar
• Harkness , S. and Super , C. M. 1992 . “ Parental ethnotheories in action. ” . In Parental belief systems: the psychological consequences for children , Edited by: Sigel , I , McGillicuddy‐DeLisi , A. V and Goodnow , J . 373 – 392 . Hillsdale, NJ : Erlbaum . In
   Google Scholar
• Harkness , S. and Super , C. M. 1996 . “ Introduction. ” . In Parents' cultural belief systems: their origins, expressions, and consequences , Edited by: Harkness , S and Super , C. M . 1 – 23 . New York : Guilford Press . In
   Google Scholar
• Harkness , S. , Super , C. , Axia , V. , Eliasz , A. , Palacios , J. and Welles‐Nystrom , B. 2001 . Cultural pathways to successful parenting. . ISSBD Newsletter , 1 : 9 – 13 .
   Google Scholar
• Harrington , B. 2003 . The social psychology of access in ethnographic research. . Journal of Contemporary Ethnography , 32 : 592 – 625 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harwood , R. L. , Schölmerich , A. , Schulze , P. and Gonzalez , Z. 1999 . Cultural differences in maternal beliefs and behaviors: a study of middle‐class Anglo and Puerto Rican mother–infant pairs in four everyday situations. . Child Development , 70 : 1005 – 1016 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harwood , R. L. , Handwerker , W. P. , Schölmerich , A. and Leyendecker , B. 2001 . Ethnic category labels, parental beliefs, and the contextualized individual: an exploration of the individualism–sociocentrism debate. . Parenting: Science and Practice , 1 : 217 – 236 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harwood , R. , Leyendecker , B. , Carlson , V. , Asencio , M. and Miller , A. 2002 . “ Parenting among Latino families in the U.S. ” . In Handbook of parenting: vol. 4: social conditions and applied parenting , Edited by: Bornstein , M. H . 21 – 46 . Mahwah, NJ : Erlbaum . In
   Google Scholar
• KagitÇibasi , C. 1997 . “ Individualism and collectivism. ” . In Handbook of cross‐cultural psychology: vol. 3: social behavior and applications , Edited by: Berry , J. W , Segall , M. H and Kagitçibasi , C . 1 – 49 . Boston : Allyn & Bacon . In
   Google Scholar
• Lamb , M. E. , Leyendecker , B. , Schölmerich , A. and Fracasso , M. P. 1998 . Everyday experiences of infants in Euro‐American and Central American immigrant families. . Families, risk, and competence , : 113 – 131 . In: Feiring C, Lewis M, eds. Mahwah, NJ. Erlbaum
   Google Scholar
• LeVine , R. , Dixon , S. , LeVine , S. , Richman , A. , Leiderman , P. , Keefer , C. and Brazelton , T. 1994 . Child care and culture. Lessons from Africa , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• LeVine , R. A. 1988 . “ Human parental care: universal goals, cultural strategies, and individual behavior. ” . In Parental behavior in diverse societies , Edited by: LeVine , R. A , Miller , P. M and West , M. M . 5 – 12 . San Francisco : Jossey–Bass . In
   Google Scholar
• Miles , M. B. and Huberman , A. M. 1994 . Qualitative data analysis , Beverly Hills, CA : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Moro , M. R. 2003 . Parents and infants in changing cultural context: immigration, trauma, and risk. . Infant Mental Health Journal , 24 : 240 – 264 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ngo , P. Y. L. and Malz , T. A. 1998 . “ Cross‐cultural and cross‐generational differences in Asian American's cultural and family systems and their impact on academic striving. ” . In Resiliency in family series. Vol. 2: resiliency in native American and immigrant families , Edited by: McCubbin , H. I and Thompson , E. A . 265 – 274 . Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage . In
   Google Scholar
• Obikeze , D. S. 1997 . Indigenous postpartum maternal and child health care practices among the Igbo of Nigeria. . Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor , 5 (2) Retreived from http://www.nuffic.nl/ciran/ikdm/5‐2/articles/obikeze.htm
   Google Scholar
• Ogunnaike , O. A. and Houser Jr. , R. F. 2002 . Yoruba toddlers' engagement in errands and cognitive performance on the Yoruba Mental Subscale. . International Journal of Behavioral Development , 26 : 145 – 153 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rabain‐Jamin , J. 1994 . “ Language and socialization of the child in African families living in France. ” . In Cross‐cultural roots of minority child development , Edited by: Cocking , R and Greenfield , P. M . 147 – 166 . Hillsdale, NJ : Erlbaum . In
   Google Scholar
• Rabain‐Jamin , J. and Sabeau‐Jouannet , E. 1997 . Maternal speech to 4‐month‐old infants in two cultures: Wolof and French. . International Journal of Behavioral Development , 20 : 425 – 451 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saraceno , C. 2003 . Mutamenti della famiglia e politiche sociali in Italia [Family changes and social policy in Italy] , Bologna : Il Mulino .
   Google Scholar
• Schölmerich , A. , Citlak , B. and Harwood , R. L. 2002 . “ Il ruolo e l'importanza delle nonne nelle reti sociali: famiglie tedesche e di emigranti turchi a confronto [The role and the importance of grandmothers in social networks: German and Turkish families compared]. ” . In Diverse culture: Bambini diversi? , Edited by: Poderico , C , Venuti , P and Marcone , R . 71 – 82 . Milan : Unicopli . [Different cultures, different children?]
   Google Scholar
• Sigel , I. E. , McGillicuddy‐DeLisi , A. V. and Goodnow , J. J. 1992 . Parental belief systems: the psychological consequences for children , Hillsdale, NJ : Erlbaum . (2nd ed.).
   Google Scholar
• Super , C. M. and Harkness , S. 1997 . “ The cultural structuring of child development. ” . In Handbook of cross‐cultural psychology: vol. 2: basic processes and human development , Edited by: Berry , J. W , Dasen , P. R and Saraswathi , T. S . 1 – 39 . Boston : Allyn & Bacon . In
   Google Scholar
• Tsianakas , V. and Liamputtong , P. 2002 . Prenatal testing: the perceptions and experiences of Muslim women in Australia. . Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology , 20 : 7 – 24 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Uchendu , V. C. 1965 . The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria , New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston .
   Google Scholar
• Welles‐Nyström , B. , New , R. S. and Richman , A. 1994 . The ‘good mother’: a comparative study of Swedish, Italian, and American maternal behavior and goals. . Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences , 8 : 81 – 86 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zeitlin , M. 1996 . “ My child is my crown: Yoruba parental theories and practices in early childhood. ” . In Parents' cultural belief systems: their origins, expressions, and consequences , Edited by: Harkness , S and Super , C. M . 407 – 427 . New York : Guilford Press . In
   Google Scholar