There are many different effects of mother-infant interaction on an infants’ development. Mother-infant interaction is distinct and different from one culture to another. Researchers study mother-infant relationship cross-cultural because it is a universal phenomenon (Bhavnagri, 1984). Mother-infant interaction is the most important and earliest way to infants’ social, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive development (Hirose, Shinoki, & Hamada, 1999). One of the best models to study mother-infant interaction in different cultures is Bronfenbrenner’s model (Bronfenbrenner, 1994), because it is comprehensive and appropriate to any culture. Moreover, it can explain the impacts on infants developing in exact ecological variables in specific Continue reading...