“…For instance, Central American immigrant mothers in the United States spent most of the infants’ waking time engaged in social interaction, showing mutual attention and vocalizations similar to Euro-American dyads (Fracasso, Lamb, Schölmerich, & Leyendecker, 1997). South American and Japanese immigrant mothers living in the United States used exploratory play similar to North American mothers, although Japanese immigrant and North American mothers focused more on objects, while South American immigrants focused more on persons (Cote & Bornstein, 2005). In addition, first-generation Romanian immigrant mothers in Italy resembled Italian mothers in their emphasis on cognitive stimulation and in the use of distal behaviors such as face-to-face contact and play with objects, but showed significantly less verbal solicitations and more affectionate behaviors addressed to their infants (Moscardino, Bertelli, & Altoè, 2011).…”