%0 Journal Article
%A Cebioğlu, Senay
%A Marin, Kelly A.
%A Broesch, Tanya
%+ Culture Cooperation and Child Development Research Group, Department of Human Behavior Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Variation in caregivers' references to their toddlers: child-directed speech in Vanuatu and Canada  : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000B-0F14-F
%R 10.1111/cdev.13833
%7 2022-09-05
%D 2022
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X Abstract The authors examined similarities and differences in Canadian and ni-Vanuatu caregivers' child-directed speech to their toddlers (N = 35, Mage: 21?months, 20 girls). Speech samples were collected (2013?2016) during free play and analyzed with a focus on describing parents' references to their toddlers. Canadian caregivers referred significantly more to toddlers' tangible characteristics (relative risk, RR = 2.12) and internal states (RR = 2.31), whereas ni-Vanuatu caregivers referred more to actions (RR = 2.04). When referring to internal states, Canadian mothers referred significantly more to mind-minded states, whereas ni-Vanuatu caregivers referred more to body-minded states (RR = 7.98). These findings are interpreted as capturing meaningful differences in toddlers' opportunities to attend to themselves. Implications for self-concept development are discussed.
%J Child Development
%V 93
%N 6
%& e622
%P e622 - e638
%I John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
%@ 0009-39201467-8624