This study examined cultural generality and specificity in relations among and
between mothers’ and infants’ behaviours in 37 Japanese American
and 40 South American acculturating families. Few relations among mothers’
behaviours emerged, except for that between mothers’ social behaviour and
other types of maternal behaviour, which appear to reflect the common collectivist
orientation of these two cultural groups. Few relations among infants’
behaviours emerged, suggesting that there is independence and plasticity in infant
behavioural organisation. Several expected relations between mothers’ and
infants’ behaviours emerged, pointing to some universal characteristics in
mother-infant interactions.
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