Acculturation and Teaching Styles among Young Mainland Puerto Rican Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Teichman, Jennifer R.; Contreras-Grau, Josefina M.
Titel	Acculturation and Teaching Styles among Young Mainland Puerto Rican Mothers
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 28 (2006) 1, S.84-101 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986305284092
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Teaching Styles; Mothers; Puerto Ricans; Behavioral Science Research; Parents as Teachers; Verbal Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Toddlers; Hispanic Americans + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Lehrstil; Unterrichtsstil; Mother; Mutter; Puerto Rican; Puerto-Ricaner; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	This study examined associations between acculturation and teaching styles among 55 young mainland Puerto Rican mothers. Mothers (M age = 19.2 years) and their children (M age = 19.2 months) were videotaped during a puzzle-completion teaching task. Three aspects of acculturation were assessed: language, cultural involvement, and exposure to Euro-American culture. More highly acculturated mothers used less modeling and more verbal inquiry and encouragement than relatively unacculturated mothers. The overall teaching styles were also associated with acculturation: Whereas the least acculturated mothers employed a predominantly nonverbal and directive style, the style of more acculturated mothers was more verbal in nature, in both directive and nondirective modes. The findings suggest that an increase in acculturation may be related more strongly to an increase in the use of verbal tactics than an increase in nondirective ones. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10