Understanding Chinese Immigrant and European American Mothers' Expressions of Warmth

Autor/inn/en	Cheah, Charissa S. L.; Li, Jin; Zhou, Nan; Yamamoto, Yoko; Leung, Christy Y. Y.
Titel	Understanding Chinese Immigrant and European American Mothers' Expressions of Warmth
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 51 (2015) 12, S.1802-1811 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0039855
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Whites; Immigrants; Chinese Americans; Cultural Differences; Affective Behavior; Attitude Measures; Parent Attitudes; Preschool Children; Comparative Analysis; Asian Culture; Interviews; Coding; Statistical Analysis; Multivariate Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; White; Weißer; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Kultureller Unterschied; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Elternverhalten; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Codierung; Programmierung; Statistische Analyse; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	Maternal warmth, the quality of the affectional bond between mothers and their children, has been found to be consistently associated with children's positive developmental outcomes in Western cultures. However, researchers debate the potential differences in the cultural meanings of maternal warmth, particularly between Chinese and European American families. To address the lack of empirical research on this issue, the present study examined culturally derived perceptions and practices of maternal warmth through open-ended interviews with 70 Chinese immigrant and 70 European American mothers of preschoolers. Specifically, we compared mothers' perceived importance and degree of expression of warmth toward their children, and why and how they express warmth toward their children in the 2 cultural groups. Results showed that, although mothers perceived expressing warmth to be similarly important, European American mothers perceived expressing more warmth toward their children. Moreover, both cultural similarities and differences were found in why these 2 groups of mothers believed it was important to express warmth and the specific practices they used. Chinese immigrant mothers' responses were interpreted as reflecting a cultural emphasis on nurturance and instrumental support, whereas European American mothers' responses reflected the Western cultural focus on more direct and outward demonstrations of warmth. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01