A Comparative Study of Child Temperament and Parenting in Beijing, China and the Western United States

Autor/inn/en	Porter, Christian L.; Hart, Craig H.; Yang, Chongming; Robinson, Clyde C.; Olsen, Susanne Frost; Zeng, Qing; Olsen, Joseph A.; Jin, Shenghua
Titel	A Comparative Study of Child Temperament and Parenting in Beijing, China and the Western United States
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29 (2005) 6, S.541-551 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/01650250500147402
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Daughters; Parenting Styles; Child Rearing; Sons; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Interpersonal Competence; Personality Traits; Cross Cultural Studies; Gender Differences; Structural Equation Models; Fathers; Emotional Response; Cultural Influences; Correlation; Interpersonal Relationship; China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Kindererziehung; Son; Sohn; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Geschlechterkonflikt; Emotionales Verhalten; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Korrelation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; USA
Abstract	The purpose of this investigation was to examine comparable dimensions and linkages between child temperament and parenting styles with samples from Beijing, China and the western United States. Participants included 404 mothers and fathers from Beijing, China and 325 mothers and fathers from the western United States. Both mothers and fathers completed Buss and Plomin's (1984) EAS Temperament Scale as well as a spousal-report measure of parenting styles. Structural equation modelling was used to identify invariant (statistically comparable) factors for child temperament and parenting styles. Within-culture gender comparisons showed that Chinese fathers (relative to mothers) viewed their sons as being more active and sociable than daughters while US mothers (relative to fathers) rated their sons as being more active. Across-culture differences revealed that US parents (relative to Chinese parents) viewed children as more emotional while Chinese fathers (relative to US fathers) rated their children as more active. Similar and differential cultural patterns of linkages were also found between parenting styles and child temperament. Child emotionality was positively associated with authoritarian parenting in both cultures while child activity level was linked to more authoritative and less authoritarian parenting styles, but only in the Chinese sample. Finally, child sociability was found to be negatively linked to cross-gender patterns of authoritarian parenting in the US while mothers' and fathers' authoritarian parenting in China was linked to lower sociability in daughters only. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10