The Mediating Role of Perceived Parental Warmth and Parental Punishment in the Psychological Well-Being of Children in Rural China

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Jennifer Jun-Li; Liu, Xiaodong
Titel	The Mediating Role of Perceived Parental Warmth and Parental Punishment in the Psychological Well-Being of Children in Rural China
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 107 (2012) 3, S.483-508 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9859-9
Schlagwörter	Economic Status; Marital Satisfaction; Structural Equation Models; Parenting Styles; Parent Child Relationship; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Role; Gender Differences; Affective Behavior; Punishment; Well Being; Children; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Age Differences; Behavior Problems; Correlation; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ausland; Rollen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Bestrafung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Child; Kind; Kinder; Familiengröße; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation
Abstract	Research has documented that parenting practices, such as parental warmth and parental punishment, play a mediating role in linking individual (e.g., age, gender) and familial characteristics (e.g., economic status, marital quality) to the psychological well-being of children. However, few studies have validated these connections with respect to the Chinese population, especially those in rural areas of China plagued with unfavorable conditions such as poverty and lack of education. In this study, we investigated whether child (age, gender, and sibship size), and familial characteristics (family wealth, parental education, and marital quality) indirectly contribute to the children's psychological well-being (as indicated by their self-reported internalizing and externalizing problems) through their perceived parental warmth and parental punishment. Using structural equation modeling, we analyzed data collected from 2,000 children (ages 9-13) and their parents in rural China. The results reveal significant, indirect relationships from family wealth and marital quality to these children's externalizing problems through parental warmth and parental punishment. There are age and gender differences in the children's experiencing internalizing and externalizing problems. Gender differences are also found in their perceived parental warmth and parental punishment. Directions for future research are discussed. (As Provided).
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