Authoritative parenting among immigrant Chinese mothers of preschoolers
| dc.contributor.author | Cheah, Charissa S. L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leung, Christy Y. Y. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tahseen, Madiha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schultz, David | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-04T17:12:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-04T17:12:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-07-28 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The goals of this study were: (a) to examine authoritative parenting style among Chinese immigrant mothers of young children, (b) to test the mediational mechanism between authoritative parenting style and children’s outcomes; and (c) to evaluate 3 predictors of authoritative parenting style (psychological well-being, perceived support in the parenting role, parenting stress). Participants included 85 Chinese immigrant mothers and their preschool children. Mothers reported on their parenting style, psychological well-being, perceived parenting support and stress, and children’s hyperactivity/attention. Teacher ratings of child adjustment were also obtained. Results revealed that Chinese immigrant mothers of preschoolers strongly endorsed the authoritative parenting style. Moreover, authoritative parenting predicted increased children’s behavioral/attention regulation abilities (lower hyperactivity/inattention), which then predicted decreased teacher rated child difficulties. Finally, mothers with greater psychological well-being or parenting support engaged in more authoritative parenting, but only under conditions of low parenting stress. Neither well-being nor parenting support predicted authoritative parenting when parenting hassles were high. Findings were discussed in light of cultural- and immigration-related issues facing immigrant Chinese mothers of young children. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by a grant from the Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Program to Charissa S.L. Cheah. We are deeply indebted to the families who have participated and to those who continue to participate in this longitudinal research. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725299/ | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 19 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles postprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2ts7n-rb6k | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Charissa S. L. Cheah et al., Authoritative Parenting Among Immigrant Chinese Mothers of Preschoolers, J Fam Psychol. 2009 Jun; 23(3): 311–320. doi: 10.1037/a0015076 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.1037/a0015076 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/18820 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Psychological Association | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Psychology Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.rights | ©American Psychological Association, 2009. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at : 10.1037/a0015076. | |
| dc.title | Authoritative parenting among immigrant Chinese mothers of preschoolers | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |