The International Baby Study is a spin-off of the ISPCS (above), focusing on the cultural differences in parents’ beliefs about the importance of rest, regularity, and/or stimulation in infancy, and their developmental consequences. It was supported in part by grant R01 HD 38357 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.A.).

Italy: Giovanna Axia, Ughetta Moscardino

Korea: Jong-Hay Rha, On-Kang Hyun

The Netherlands: Marjolijn J. M. Blom, Sara Harkness, Charles M. Super, Saskia van Schaik, Margreet deLooze

Spain: Blanca Huitrón, Jesús Palacios

USA: Charles M. Super, Sara Harkness, Marjolijn J. M. Blom, Douglas A. Granger, Rachel Luck, Rucha Londhe, Nivedita Ranade, Colleen Veseley, Danijela Korom, Monica Idzelis, Alison Levitch, Beth Russell, Caroline Johnston Mavridis, Yeonsoo Yoon, Aram Cho, Xin Feng, Chen Zhu

Publications:

Super, C. M., Blom, M. J. M., Harkness, S., Ranade, N., & Londhe, L. (2021). Culture and the organization of infant sleep: A study in the Netherlands and the U.S.A. Infant Behavior and Development, 64. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101620.

van Schaik, S. D. M., Mavridis, C., de Looze, M. E., Blom, M. J. M., Super, C. M., & Harkness, S. (2020). Getting the baby on a schedule: Dutch and American mothers’ ethnotheories and the establishment of diurnal rhythms in early infancy. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 170, 13-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20336

Super, C. M. (2011). Temperament: where culture and biology meet. In S. Bonichini & M. R. Baroni (Eds.). Sviluppo e salute del bambino: fattori individuali, sociali e culturali. In ricordo di Vanna Axia. [Child health and development: individual, social and cultural factors. In memory of Vanna Axia]. (pp. 158-165). Padova: CLEUP.

Harkness, S., Super, C. M., Rha, J.‑H., Blom, M. J. M., Huitrón, B., Moscardino, U., van Schaik, S., & de Looze, M. (2011). Putting the baby to bed in five cultures. In M. Fitzpatrick (Ed.), Engaging Writing I: Essential skills for academic writing, pp. 117‑118. White Plains, N.Y.: Pearson Education.

Harkness, S., Super, C. M., Rios Bermudez, M., Moscardino, U., Blom, M. J. M., Rha, J.-H., Mavridis, C. J., Bonichini, S., Huitrón, B., Welles-Nyström, B., Palacios, J., Hyun, O.-K., Soriano, G., & Zylicz, P. O. (2010). Parental ethnotheories of children’s learning. In D. F. Lancy, J. Bock, & S. Gaskins (Eds.), The anthropology of learning in childhood (pp. 65-81). Lanham, MD: Alta-Mira Press.

Harkness, S., & Super, C. M. (2009). Parenting across cultures. SCI Quarterly, 55, 2-3.

Harkness, S., Super, C. M., Moscardino, U., Rha, J.-H., Blom, M. J. M., Huitrón, B., Johnston, C., Sutherland, M., Hyun, O.-K., Axia, G., & Palacios, J. (2007). Cultural models and developmental agendas: Implications for arousal and self-regulation in early infancy. Journal of Developmental Processes, 1(2), 5-39.