Thesis
Exploring the cultural roots of parenting: European American and Mainland Chinese parenting beliefs, goals, and practices
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/187
Abstract
The primary goal of this study was to investigate the similarities and differences in cultural values, parenting beliefs and goals, and parenting practices between European American and Mainland Chinese parents, and the linkages among cultural values, parenting beliefs and goals and parenting practices in each group. Little research exists that explicitly connects to parents’ cultural values to parenting cognitions and parenting practices. Further, research on Chinese parenting mainly uses Chinese-American and Taiwanese parents as samples rather than Mainland Chinese parents, who, it can be argued, more adequately represent traditional Chinese cultures. It was hypothesized that European American and Mainland Chinese parents would have different cultural values, parenting beliefs, goals and parenting practices. European American parents would value individualism, have individualistic goals, and express more nurturance, whereas Mainland Chinese parents would be more likely to value collectivism, have collectivistic goals, and express more control and training. It was also hypothesized that in each ethnic group: 1) cultural values would predict parenting beliefs and goals; and 2) cultural values, parenting beliefs and goals would predict parenting practices. The participants in this study were 96 Mainland Chinese mothers and 80 European American mothers of 4-6 years of children. Results indicate that European American and Mainland Chinese parents differed in their cultural values, parenting beliefs, goals and parenting practices. Mainland Chinese parents reported themselves to be more individualistic and collectivistic; held more individualistic goals and collectivistic goals; and endorsed more beliefs about training than European American parents. Findings also suggested that in both ethnic groups, cultural values predicted parenting beliefs and goals, and taking together, cultural values parenting beliefs and goals were related to parenting practices.
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- Title
- Exploring the cultural roots of parenting
- Creators
- Huihua He
- Contributors
- Gary Bingham (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900525061801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis