Child inhibitory control and maternal acculturation moderate effects of maternal parenting on Chinese American children’s adjustment (original) (raw)

2018, Developmental Psychology

The goals of this study were to examine: (1) bidirectional associations between maternal parenting (physical punishment and guilt induction) and Chinese American preschool children’s psychosocial adjustment and (2) the role of maternal cultural orientation and child temperament in moderating parenting effects. Participants were Chinese American mothers and children (N = 163, Mage = 4.56, 51% boys). Mothers reported on their parenting practices at both Wave 1 (W1) and Wave 2 (W2), and their cultural orientations and children’s inhibitory control at W1. Teachers rated children’s prosocial, internalizing, and externalizing behaviors at both W1 and W2. A Bayesian approach to path analysis was utilized to investigate how parenting, child inhibitory control, and maternal cultural orientations work together to predict the development of children’s prosociality and psychosocial problems. Results showed that for Chinese immigrant mothers who were highly acculturated towards the American cult...

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