Socialization Values and Practices of Indian Immigrant Parents: Correlates of Modernity and Acculturation

Patel, Nisha; Power, Thomas G.; Bhavnagri, Navaz Peshotan

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“…Die amerikanische Gesellschaft, in der sie erzogen und ausgebildet worden sind, und die kritisches Denken und Nachfragen betont, macht es für sie schwieriger, die traditionellen und kulturellen Werte ihrer Eltern zu akzeptieren. Andererseits stellten Patel, Power und Bhavnagri [29] …”

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Health and migration. Psychosocial determinants

Kirkcaldy

Wittig

Furnham

et al. 2006

Bundesgesundheitsbl.

102

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The article provides an overview of the contemporary literature on the social and psychological factors which are associated with migration. Derived from the operationalisation of "migration" and an examination of the methodological peculiarities of migration research, a (transactional) stress model of migration is proposed incorporating potentially stress-eliciting influences of migration including occupational pressures, social isolation and/or family-related problems and their impact on psychological and physical health. There are inconsistencies in the findings regarding psychological health, which can in part be explained through the phenomena of the "healthy migrant effect", duration of stay in the host culture or the culture-specificity. Moreover, a discussion is provided of the extent that disorders associated with differentially stressed migrants will be manifested in the health care system. Finally, concluding remarks are offered together with a short discussion of the implication of these findings for future research and social and health policy decision-making.

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Health and migration. Psychosocial determinants

Kirkcaldy

Wittig

Furnham

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Bundesgesundheitsbl.

102

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“…We acknowledge this as a potential shortcoming of the study, and point out that caution is warranted in interpreting the findings indicating acculturation is a less important explanatory factor. As results from other studies suggest, acculturation most certainly is related to variations in parent belief systems (e.g., Buriel & DeMent, 1997;Griffith, 1993;Gutierrez et al, 1988;Harris & Verven, 1998;Harwood, 1992;Patel et al, 1996). This study was conducted from an ecological systems perspective (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) that considers variations in beliefs and behaviors to be multiply determined and complex.…”

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Family Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity, Acculturation and Enculturation, and Parent Beliefs about Child Behavior, Learning Methods, and Parenting Roles

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“…This 40-item questionnaire assesses the extent of "traditional" versus "modern" beliefs of parents and their adolescents on various issues that include political attitudes, gender role conceptions, living preferences, attitudes toward authority, familialism, religious attitudes, attitudes about science, and pace of life. The instrument was originally developed for use with Mexican-Americans, but was adapted for Gujarati immigrant families in the United States by Patel et al (1996). This involved making some modi cations in item wording (e.g., replacing references to Mexico and Mexican traditions with references to India and Gujarati traditions) and adding an additional 18 items assessing attitudes toward dating, marriage, and relationships in the family.…”

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“…One cognitive factor that contributes to cultural variation in parenting practices is attitudinal modernity (Abraham, 1977;Patel, Power, & Bhavnagri, 1996). Modernity is a broad concept that refers to the "Westernization" of attitudes in such areas as gender roles, preferences for urban versus rural life-styles, religious beliefs, and attitudes toward authority (Ahsan, 1990;Inkeles, 1969;Uberoi, 1993).…”

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“…Although modernity has many components (e.g., gender role conceptions, political attitudes, living preferences, attitudes toward authority and the family, religious attitudes, attitudes about science, pace of life), all of its components tend to be highly interrelated in societies undergoing industrialization , and one can reliably assess an individual 's overall level of modernity. The present study used a measure of attitudinal modernity that has been employed successfully in previous research (e.g., Patel et al, 1996;Ramirez, 1991); it assesses the degree to which an individual 's attitudes are traditional or modern across all of these areas.…”

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Modernity and childrearing in families of Gujarati Indian adolescents

Patel-Amin

Power

2002

Int J Psychol

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O ver the last two decades, researchers have devoted increasing attention to the role of cognitive factors in parenting. These cognitive mediational models focus on the role of attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge in in uencing parenting behaviours. A cognitive factor that contributes to cultural variation in parenting is attitudinal modernity-a broad concept that refers to the "Westernization" of attitudes in such diverse areas as gender role conceptions, political attitudes, attitudes toward authority, the family, and religious beliefs. Modernity has been most useful in describing the attitudes of individuals from countries undergoing the rapid social and economic changes that accompany industrialism and urbanization. The present study focused on India-a country currently undergoing such changes. Despite the wide range of modern and traditional beliefs among contemporary Indian parents, our understanding of the determinants of these individual differences is limited. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relation between modernity and parental childrearing practices, as well as to examine the relation between adolescent modernity and parental childrearing. Mothers, fathers, and adolescents in 50 Hindu, Gujarati families completed questionnaires about the modernity of their attitudes and were interviewed about parental childrearing practices. Parental and adolescent modernity were highly correlated. Moreover, parental modernity predicted the nature of parental childrearing values and practices, and parental childrearing values predicted adolescent modernity. Although the ndings varied somewhat for mothers versus fathers, parental modernity was associated with individualistic childrearing values and practices, and parents who valued individualistic characteristics in their adolescents had sons and daughters who reported the highest levels of modernity. Implications for understanding the role of mothers and fathers in the socialization of modernity are considered. P endant les deux dernières décennies, les chercheurs ont porté une attention croissante au rôle que joue le facteur cognitif dans la manière d'élever les enfants. Ces modèles cognitifs médiateurs se concentrent autour du rôle joué par les attitudes, les croyances et la connaissance dans l'in uence sur le comportement des parents. Un des facteurs cognitifs qui contribue à la variation culturelle dans le comportement des parents est la modernité dans les attitudes-un concept large qui se réfère à "l'occidentalisation" des attitudes dans des domaines aussi divers que les conceptions sur le rôle du sexe, des attitudes politiques, des attitudes face à l'autorité, des attitudes vis à vis de la famille et des croyances religieuses. La modernité a été très utile pour décrire les attitudes des individus des pays soumis à des changements sociaux et économiques rapides qui accompagnent l'industrialisme et l'urbanisation. La présente étude a été focalisée sur l'Inde-un pays qui subit actuellement de tels changements. Malgré la grande envergure des croyan...

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Socialization Values and Practices of Indian Immigrant Parents: Correlates of Modernity and Acculturation

Cited by 45 publications

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Health and migration. Psychosocial determinants

Health and migration. Psychosocial determinants

Family Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity, Acculturation and Enculturation, and Parent Beliefs about Child Behavior, Learning Methods, and Parenting Roles

Modernity and childrearing in families of Gujarati Indian adolescents

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