Parents' marital satisfaction, self‐compassion, and harsh discipline in China: A dyadic analysis

Wang, Die; Xie, Ruibo; Yan, Ru; Ding, Wan; Lin, Xiuyun

doi:10.1111/fare.12951

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“…However, unlike in Western countries, the relationship with parents based on authority and discipline could be accepted by the children (Kisbu et al, 2023;Wang et al, 2023).…”

Section: Chinese Culture: Limited Research and Mixed Results On Optim...mentioning

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Do We Know Enough about Negative Parenting? Recent Evidence on Parenting Styles and Child Maladjustment

Chen,

Garcia,

Alcaide

et al. 2024

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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Background: There are serious doubts as to whether parental strictness, one of the two main dimensions of parental style, can be a negative or positive component of parenting in traditional societies. Method: Parenting style (authoritarian, authoritative, indulgent, and neglectful) was captured from strictness and warmth dimensions and child maladjustment was assessed with problems of self-esteem and self-concept (academic, social, emotional, family, and physical) studied worldwide. The sample was composed of 1,282 Chinese participants (676 females, 52.7%), 581 adolescent children (age ranging from 12-18 years, 45.3%), and 701 young adult children (age ranging from 19-31 years, 54.7%). A 4 × 2 × 2 factorial MANOVA was applied for all outcomes using parenting style, sex, and age as the independent variables. Results: The statistical analysis plainly indicated that authoritarian (strictness but not warmth) and neglectful (neither strictness nor warmth) parenting styles were associated with higher maladjustment in terms of lower self-esteem and self-concept scores. Indulgent (not strictness but warmth) and authoritative (strictness and warmth) parenting were positive parenting styles acting as protective factors against self-esteem and self-concept problems. The authoritative style (strictness and warmth), but not the authoritarian parenting style (strictness but not warmth), was the most positive parenting for academic self-concept, but only among adolescents. Conclusions: Interestingly, completely contrary to expectations that authoritarian parenting might be a positive parenting in traditional societies, present findings suggest that the authoritarian style might be a negative parenting related to child maladjustment.

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“…However, unlike in Western countries, the relationship with parents based on authority and discipline could be accepted by the children (Kisbu et al, 2023;Wang et al, 2023).…”

Section: Chinese Culture: Limited Research and Mixed Results On Optim...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Do We Know Enough about Negative Parenting? Recent Evidence on Parenting Styles and Child Maladjustment

Chen,

Garcia,

Alcaide

et al. 2024

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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Parents’ Self-Compassion as a Moderator Between Children’s Emotional Regulation Difficulties and Parents’ Depressive Symptoms

Larrucea-Iruretagoyena,

Orue,

Calvete

2024

Mindfulness

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Objectives Recent studies suggest that children’s emotional difficulties may impact their parents’ psychological well-being, and certain protective factors could mitigate this association. The existing literature points to self-compassion as a potential protective factor against stress and difficulties. To this end, the present study aimed to explore the potential protective role of parents’ self-compassion in the prospective relationship between children’s emotional regulation difficulties and parents’ depressive symptoms. Method The initial sample consisted of 214 children (53.3% girls; Mage = 12.71, SD = 1.37) and their parents: 209 mothers (Mage = 46.74 years, SD = 4.42) and 181 fathers (Mage = 48.85 years, SD = 5.42). The participants answered self-report questionnaires in a two-wave longitudinal study conducted over one year. A multilevel analysis was performed to examine the predictive pathways of parents’ depressive symptoms from children’s emotional regulation difficulties, parents’ self-compassion, and their interaction. Gender differences were addressed in the predictive associations. Results Children’s emotional regulation difficulties predicted their parents’ depressive symptoms after one year, and this association was found to become attenuated as parents’ self-compassion increased. No significant gender differences were found for depressive symptoms or self-compassion, and parents’ gender did not moderate any of the longitudinal associations. Conclusion Children’s emotional regulation difficulties may increase risk for parental depressive symptoms, but parental self-compassion mitigates this relationship. Preregistration This study was not preregistered.

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Associations between parents’ adult attachment, Co-parenting and parent-child relationships: an actor-partner interdependence model

Wang,

Peng,

Liao

et al. 2024

Attachment & Human Development

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Parents' marital satisfaction, self‐compassion, and harsh discipline in China: A dyadic analysis

Cited by 4 publications

References 63 publications

Do We Know Enough about Negative Parenting? Recent Evidence on Parenting Styles and Child Maladjustment

Do We Know Enough about Negative Parenting? Recent Evidence on Parenting Styles and Child Maladjustment

Parents’ Self-Compassion as a Moderator Between Children’s Emotional Regulation Difficulties and Parents’ Depressive Symptoms

Associations between parents’ adult attachment, Co-parenting and parent-child relationships: an actor-partner interdependence model

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