Gross and Fine Motor Differences Between Cameroonian and German Children Aged 3 to 40 Months: Results of a Cross-Cultural Longitudinal Study

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1328-1341

  Lohaus, Arnold ^a   Lamm, Bettina ^b   Keller, Heidi ^b   Teubert, Manuel ^a   Fassbender, Ina ^a   Glüer, Michael ^a   Borchert, Sonja ^c   Vöhringer, Isabel ^c   Teiser, Johanna ^b   Freitag, Claudia ^d   Suhrke, Janina ^d   Knopf, Monika ^c   Schwarzer, Gudrun ^d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayley Scales of Infant Development; cross cultural differences; fine motor development; gross motor development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904724886     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022114537703     Document Type: Article

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