Psychological Stress and Parenting Behavior among Chinese Families: Findings from a Study on Parent Education for Economically Disadvantaged Families

Autor/in	Lam, Ching Man
Titel	Psychological Stress and Parenting Behavior among Chinese Families: Findings from a Study on Parent Education for Economically Disadvantaged Families
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 100 (2011) 3, S.451-462 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-010-9623-6
Schlagwörter	Social Problems; Poverty; Low Income; Parent Attitudes; Parent Education; Child Rearing; Family Relationship; Discriminant Analysis; Foreign Countries; Parent Role; Parent Influence; Case Studies; Surveys; Stress Variables; Social Networks; Regression (Statistics); Disadvantaged; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social problem; Soziales Problem; Armut; Niedriglohn; Elternverhalten; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Kindererziehung; Diskriminanzanalyse; Ausland; Parental role; Elternrolle; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Hongkong
Abstract	With the recognition of the crucial role of family and with the belief that parents have the greatest influence on a child's life, family and parent education has been widely practiced in Hong Kong and many other countries as measure for poverty alleviation. A study, employed quantitative method of a cross-sectional parent survey (N = 10,386) was conducted to comprehend needs and parenting practice of poor families, and to identify appropriate strategies to promote family and parent education in Hong Kong. Regression analysis was used to investigate the association between family variables, psychological stress and parenting behavior. The study identified five categories of disadvantaged families and salient factors that distinguished families from the normal population based on the findings of discriminant analysis. Moreover, data indicates that family relationship and social networks are protective factors to economically disadvantaged families, whereas sense of powerlessness amplifies the negative effects of low income. Based on the findings, the paper suggests that strategies for poverty alleviation that focus purely on parenting or parent education are fragmented and fail to address the complexity of poverty as a social issue. A holistic perspective that goes beyond the scope of parent education to support families, adopting a family perspective in poverty-alleviation work and service provision, and addressing barriers constrain parenting are the future service directions. (As Provided).
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