Parenting and Perceived Maternal Warmth in European American and African American Adolescents

Jackson-Newsom, Julia; Buchanan, Christy M.; McDonald, Richard M.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00461.x

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“…There is evidence demonstrating that patterns of self-disclosure (Yau et al 2009), family function (Baer and Schmitz 2007), and parent–child relationships (Jackson-Newsom et al 2008) differ cross-culturally. Therefore, future research would benefit from exploring the current hypotheses in a more diverse sample.…”

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Discrepancies Between Youth and Mothers’ Perceptions of Their Mother–Child Relationship Quality and Self-Disclosure: Implications for Youth- and Mother-Reported Youth Adjustment

Reidler

Swenson

2012

J Youth Adolescence

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Recently, researchers have devoted greater attention to understanding how disagreement between mothers and their children regarding parent–child relationship quality and functioning impacts youth adjustment. While some view discrepancies as indices of developmentally appropriate individuation, discrepancies regarding family functioning also have been found to predict problematic youth functioning. This study examined the effects of mother–child discrepancies for mother–child relationship qualities and youth self-disclosure on youth-and mother-reported youth internalizing and externalizing adjustment. 232 fifth, eighth, and 11th grade youth (55 % female) and their mothers completed measures of mother–child relationship quality, youth self-disclosure, and youth internalizing and externalizing adjustment. For internalizing adjustment, few effects of discrepancy on adjustment were evident. Instead, informant-specific perceptions of mother–child relationship functioning were most relevant for informant-specific reports of youth adjustment. For youth externalizing adjustment, the magnitude of mother–child discrepancies for negative relationship quality and for youth self-disclosure predicted lower levels of problematic externalizing behavior from both the children’s and the mothers’ perspectives, which could indicate a lack of parent–child communication. Future research is needed to fully understand how discrepancies in negative or mal-adaptive aspects of mother–child relationships are formed (e.g., low disclosure), are understood by the members of and contribute to the onset, maintenance, and treatment of problematic behavioral outcomes.

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Discrepancies Between Youth and Mothers’ Perceptions of Their Mother–Child Relationship Quality and Self-Disclosure: Implications for Youth- and Mother-Reported Youth Adjustment

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Swenson

2012

J Youth Adolescence

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“…For example, in a study including Asian and Latin Americans, Steinberg, Dornbusch, and Brown () found that the links between parenting measures and child outcomes did vary by ethnicity. The consequences of parenting practices and their predictors (e.g., warmth) have also been found to vary by ethnicity (Chao, ; Jackson‐Newsom, Buchanan, & McDonald, ). Gonzales, Deardorff, Formoso, Barr, and Barrera () similarly found that links between acculturation conflict and parenting were consistent among some ethnic groups, but not Latin Americans.…”

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Acculturation Conflict, Cultural Parenting Self‐Efficacy, and Perceived Parenting Competence in Asian American and Latino/a Families

2016

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Parents from immigrant backgrounds must deal with normative parenting demands as well as unique challenges associated with acculturation processes. The current study examines the independent and interactive influences of acculturation conflict and cultural parenting self-efficacy (PSE; e.g., parents' confidence in instilling heritage, American, and bicultural values in their children) on perceptions of general parenting competence. Using data from 58 Asian American and 153 Latin American parents of children in grades 6-12, ethnic differences were also explored. Results suggest that lower acculturation conflict is associated with higher perceptions of general parenting competence for both Asian and Latin American parents. Higher cultural PSE is associated with higher perceived general parenting competence for Latino/a parents only. One significant interaction was found, and only for Asian Americans, whereby the negative association between acculturation conflict and perceptions of parenting competence was weaker for those who felt efficacious in transmitting heritage messages. Results are discussed in light of clinical implications and the need for further recognition and study of culturally relevant factors and frameworks among families from immigrant backgrounds.

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“…An authoritative pattern consists of high demandingness and high responsiveness, and in early work was generally related to more positive child outcomes (Baumrind, 1967, 1971, 1983; Maccoby & Martin, 1983). Baumrind's patterns are frequently used cross‐culturally, generating considerable controversy because ethnic variation in these patterns has not been fully explored (Jackson‐Newsom et al, 2008). Some investigators have found an authoritative style to be associated with better child or adolescent outcomes across ethnic groups, but minority groups were often underrepresented in these studies (Steinberg, Mounts, Lamborn, & Dornbusch, 1991).…”

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“…Extant literature suggests that higher levels of authoritarian, unilateral parental control, and discipline may be more prevalent in African‐American/Black (AA) families than in EA families (Lamborn, Dornbusch, & Steinberg, 1996; Lansford, Deater‐Deckard, Dodge, Bates, & Petit, 2004; McLoyd, Kaplan, Hardaway, & Wood, 2007), but little systematic study has been done to describe actual discipline and control strategies in relation to children's self‐regulation in an AA population. Authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles are often measured using maternal or children's reported parental attitudes or behavior, and rarely with observational data (Hill, 1995; Jackson‐Newsom, Buchanan, & McDonald, 2008), leaving questions about parents' actual behavior.…”

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Effect of African‐ and European‐American maternal attitudes and limit‐setting strategies on children's self‐regulation

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Cole

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Research in Nursing & Health

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The effect of maternal attitudes and limit-setting strategies on children's self-regulation (measured as committed compliance) was compared in 151 African-American (AA) and 108 European-American (EA) mothers and their 3-year-old children. There were no ethnic differences in children's compliance, however ethnicity moderated the relationship between maternal authoritarian attitudes and children's compliance. Higher authoritarian attitudes predicted less children's compliance in the EA sample, but greater compliance in the AA sample. Observational limit-setting data revealed that in both ethnic groups, maternal authoritarian attitudes influenced children's self-regulation through maternal use of lower-power (gentle) verbal strategies, fewer physical strategies, and judicious use of higher-power verbal strategies. The findings indicate that the meaning and purpose of authoritarian attitudes varies across these mothers' socio-cultural contexts.

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Parenting and Perceived Maternal Warmth in European American and African American Adolescents

Abstract: The first and second author contributed equally to the preparation of this paper.

Cited by 49 publications

References 42 publications

Discrepancies Between Youth and Mothers’ Perceptions of Their Mother–Child Relationship Quality and Self-Disclosure: Implications for Youth- and Mother-Reported Youth Adjustment

Discrepancies Between Youth and Mothers’ Perceptions of Their Mother–Child Relationship Quality and Self-Disclosure: Implications for Youth- and Mother-Reported Youth Adjustment

Acculturation Conflict, Cultural Parenting Self‐Efficacy, and Perceived Parenting Competence in Asian American and Latino/a Families

Effect of African‐ and European‐American maternal attitudes and limit‐setting strategies on children's self‐regulation

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