Publication Information
Author:
Ainsworth, Mary D. (Salter)
Title:
Infancy in Uganda: infant care and the growth of love
Published By:
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1967. xvii, 471 p.: ill.
By line:
by Mary D. Salter Ainsworth
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 1998. Computer File
Culture:
Ganda
(FK07)
Subjects:
Ontogenetic data (145);
Infant feeding (853);
Infant care (854);
Child care (855);
Development and maturation (856);
Weaning and food training (862);
Independence training (866);
Abstract:
This is an in-depth report on infant care and development in rural Uganda, based on seven-months participant obervation of 28 infants (starting ages ranging from two days to eighty weeks), living in 23 households from 7 different villages located 15 miles outside of Kampala. With help of an interpreter, the author visited on a rotating basis the homes of the infants, as well as, a local clinic where many of the first contacts with families were made. Each visit consisted of a brief stay in which the author observed the behavior of the mother, infant and other caretakers in the household. Also, the clinic carried out regular developmental tests. The author was interested in the influence of mother-infant attachment on infant development. One finding was that the open and stimulating household environment together with a mother responsive to infant needs had a favorable impact on infant sensorimotor development, however sickness and weaning had a negative impact.
Document Number:
18
Document ID: fk07-018
Document Type:
Monograph
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-462) and index
Field Date:
1954-1955
Evaluation:
Psychologist-5
Analyst:
Ian Skoggard ; 1997
Coverage Date:
1954-1955
Coverage Place:
Uganda
LCSH:
Ganda (African people)
