Why Are Chinese Mothers More Controlling than American Mothers? "My Child Is My Report Card"

Autor/inn/en	Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin; Pomerantz, Eva M.; Deng, Ciping
Titel	Why Are Chinese Mothers More Controlling than American Mothers? "My Child Is My Report Card"
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 1, S.355-369 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12102
Schlagwörter	Parenting Styles; Self Esteem; Self Concept; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Differences; Whites; Psychology; Grades (Scholastic); Middle School Students; African Americans; Child Rearing; Discipline; Longitudinal Studies; Surveys; Parent Attitudes; Foreign Countries; China; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Selbstkonzept; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Kultureller Unterschied; White; Weißer; Psychologie; Notenspiegel; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Afroamerikaner; Kindererziehung; Disziplin; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Elternverhalten; Ausland
Abstract	Chinese parents exert more control over children than do American parents. The current research examined whether this is due in part to Chinese parents' feelings of worth being more contingent on children's performance. Twice over a year, 215 mothers and children (M[subscript age] = 12.86 years) in China and the United States (European and African American) reported on psychologically controlling parenting. Mothers also indicated the extent to which their worth is contingent on children's performance. Psychologically controlling parenting was higher among Chinese than American mothers, particularly European (vs. African) American mothers. Chinese (vs. American) mothers' feelings of worth were more contingent on children's performance, with this contributing to their heightened psychological control relative to American mothers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10