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Martha Pott
Researcher at Tufts University
Publications - 8
Citations - 1115
Martha Pott is an academic researcher from Tufts University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Object Attachment & Remedial education. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications receiving 1040 citations.
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The Development of Close Relationships in Japan and the United States: Paths of Symbiotic Harmony and Generative Tension
TL;DR: Cultural differences in the meaning and dynamics, as opposed to the importance and strength, of relationships are highlighted, to investigate the processes underlying, and the adaptive consequences of, these two alternative paths.
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Attachment and culture. Security in the United States and Japan.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight evidence of cultural variations and note ways in which attachment theory is laden with Western values and meaning, and call for an indigenous approach to the psychology of attachment.
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Early Parent-Child Relationships and Later Problem Behavior: A Longitudinal Study.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed attachment security with mothers and fathers, parental behavior, and child behavior with parents when children were ages 18-24 months, and parent and teacher reports of problem behavior were completed when the children were in the first grade, ages 6 years, 4 months to 7 years, 5 months.
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Immigrant-Chinese and Euro-American parents' physical closeness with young children : Themes of family relatedness
TL;DR: This article examined cultural differences in the expression and meaning of physical closeness and found that immigrant-Chinese parents sleep in closer proximity with their children; more often view independence as children growing with the family; are more likely to emphasize the family unit; and place greater importance on inhibition of expression, adherence to correct values, and hierarchy of relations.
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Deeper into attachment and culture
TL;DR: No differences between the two groups along this dimension (which is closely related to the presumed Japanese emphasis on interdependence—as compared with the presumed Western emphasis on independence—as proposed by Markus & Kitayama, 1991).