Implications of Chinese and American Mothers' Goals for Children's Emotional Distress

Autor/inn/en	Ng, Janice; Xiong, Yu; Qu, Yang; Cheung, Cecilia; Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin; Wang, Meifang; Pomerantz, Eva M.
Titel	Implications of Chinese and American Mothers' Goals for Children's Emotional Distress
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 55 (2019) 12, S.2616-2629 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000834
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Emotional Problems; Goal Orientation; Asian Culture; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Parenting Styles; Performance Factors; Academic Failure; Self Concept; Parent Child Relationship; Grade 7; Middle School Students; Early Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Cultural Differences; Socialization; Child Development; Academic Achievement; China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Angst; Leistungsindikator; Selbstkonzept; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Kultureller Unterschied; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Kindesentwicklung; Schulleistung; USA
Abstract	This research examined a cultural socialization model in which differences in Chinese and American parents' goals for children foster differences in children's emotional distress via parents' responses to children's performance. Chinese and American mothers and their children (N = 397; M[subscript age] = 13.19 years) participated in a 2-wave study spanning a year. Mothers reported on their self-improvement (i.e., children striving to improve) and self-worth (i.e., children feeling worthy) goals, as well as responses to children's performance. Children reported on their emotional distress (e.g., anxiety and depression). Chinese (vs. American) mothers' greater endorsement of self-improvement goals predicted their more frequent use of failure-oriented responses (e.g., highlighting children's mistakes), which accounted for Chinese (vs. American) children's heightened emotional distress over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01