Studying cross-cultural differences in temperament in the first year of life: United States and Italy

Rosario Montirosso; Patrizia Cozzi; Samuel P. Putnam; Maria A. Gartstein; Renato Borgatti

doi:10.1177/0165025410368944

Studying cross-cultural differences in temperament in the first year of life: United States and Italy

Rosario Montirosso, Patrizia Cozzi, Samuel P. Putnam, Maria A. Gartstein, Renato Borgatti

Istituto "Eugenio Medea" - Associazione La Nostra Famiglia

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Abstract

An Italian translation of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) was developed and evaluated with 110 infants, demonstrating satisfactory internal consistency, discriminant validity, and construct validity in the form of gender and age differences, as well as factorial integrity. Cross-cultural differences were subsequently evaluated for matched samples of Italian and United States (US) (N = 110) 3-12-month-olds. Across infancy, parents of US infants reported higher levels of activity, high and low intensity pleasure, and vocal reactivity, whereas Italian infants, particularly males, were rated higher on cuddliness. In early infancy only, US infants were viewed as higher on high intensity pleasure and perceptual sensitivity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-37
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Behavioral Development
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025410368944
Publication status	Published - Jan 2011

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Keywords

cross-cultural differences
infancy
temperament

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Montirosso, R., Cozzi, P., Putnam, S. P., Gartstein, M. A., & Borgatti, R. (2011). Studying cross-cultural differences in temperament in the first year of life: United States and Italy. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 35(1), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025410368944

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