Culture and Attachment Perceptions of the Child in Context

Examining attachment from the perspective of culture, and evaluating two different cultures from the vantage point of mothers' perceptions of attachment behavior, this book provides a unique view of desirable child behavior and long-term socialization goals among Anglo and Puerto Rican mothers of infants and toddlers. The authors integrate in-depth interviews with quantitative methods to shed light on variations both between cultures and among different socioeconomic groups within each culture, while at the same time delineating coherent conceptual frameworks that can be used to guide future research.

Robin L. Harwood, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut at Storrs in the Department of Human Development and Family Relations. She currently has a grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her studies of culture and attachment.

Joan G. Miller, Ph.D., is on the faculty in the Psychology Department at Yale University. She has published extensively in the field of cross-cultural moral reasoning.

Nydia Lucca Irizarry, Ed.D., is Professor at the University of Puerto Rico in the Department of Education. She completed her doctoral work at Harvard University in the School of Education.