The Relation Between Emotional Availability and Parenting Style: Cultural and Economic Factors in a Diverse Sample of Young Mothers

Chaudhuri, Jana H.; Easterbrooks, M. Ann; Davis, Cynthia R.

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“…Calzada and her colleagues (Calzada, Fernandez, & Cortes, 2010; Calzada, Huang, Anicama, Fernandez, & Brotman, 2012) focus on the cultural value of respeto , which emphasizes obedience and deference towards adults, as an important determinant of Latino parenting practices. This is consistent with descriptions in the literature of Latino parents as more authoritarian, directive and/or controlling (Carlson & Harwood, 2003; Chaudhuri, Easterbrooks, & Davis, 2009; Halgunseth, Ispa, & Rudy, 2006; Ispa et al, 2004; Parke et al, 2004). In a sample of Mexican-American mothers with a 4–5-year-old child, Calzada and colleagues have found that higher endorsement of a cultural value of respeto was associated with higher levels of authoritarian parenting, which was associated with higher levels of internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors in children one year later (Calzada, Barajas-Gonzalez, Huang, & Brotman, 2015; Calzada et al, 2012).…”

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Gender differences in the relation between mothering behaviors and child-behavior problems among Hispanic preschoolers.

Caughy¹,

Peredo²,

Owen³

et al. 2016

Developmental Psychology

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This report examined gender differences in behavior problems and prediction of their changes from 2½ to 3½ years from mothering qualities among 209 low-income Hispanic children. Externalizing behaviors declined over this time somewhat more for girls than for boys. Fewer externalizing behavior problems at age 3½ were correlated with more supportive and less intrusive mothering at 2½ but only for boys, and increases in externalizing behavior among boys were uniquely predicted by greater maternal intrusiveness. Implications for understanding parental control factors among Hispanic families are discussed.

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Gender differences in the relation between mothering behaviors and child-behavior problems among Hispanic preschoolers.

Caughy¹,

Peredo²,

Owen³

et al. 2016

Developmental Psychology

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“…Latina mothers tend to physically guide children’s actions, prefer discipline, and favor didactic teaching methods (Cardona, Nicholson, & Fox, 2000). Chaudhuri, Easterbrooks, and Davis (2009) studied emotional relationships in first-time (adolescent) mothers of toddlers and used cluster analysis to examine relations with mothers’ reports of parenting attitudes and behaviors; Latina mothers were more highly represented in a directive parenting group.…”

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Parenting Attributions and Attitudes in Cross-Cultural Perspective

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SYNOPSIS Objective This article used the Parenting Across Cultures Project to evaluate similarities and differences in mean levels and relative agreement between mothers’ and fathers’ attributions and attitudes in parenting in 9 countries. Design Mothers and fathers reported their perceptions of causes of successes and failures in caregiving and their progressive versus authoritarian childrearing attitudes. Gender and cultural similarities and differences in parents’ attributions and attitudes in 9 countries were analyzed: China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, or the United States. Results Although mothers and fathers did not differ in any attribution, mothers reported more progressive parenting attitudes and modernity of childrearing attitudes than did fathers, and fathers reported more authoritarian attitudes than did mothers. Country differences also emerged in all attributions and attitudes that were examined. Mothers’ and fathers’ attributions and their attitudes were moderately correlated, but parenting attitudes were more highly correlated in parents than were attributions. Conclusions We draw connections among the findings across the 9 countries and outline implications for understanding similarities and differences in mothers’ and fathers’ parenting attributions and attitudes.

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“…Importantly, research suggests that maternal behaviors of warmth, sensitivity, and supportiveness tend to promote child well-being similarly across ethnic groups (Brady-Smith et al, 2013; Brophy-Herb, Zajicek-Farber, Bocknek, McKelvey, & Stansbury, 2013; McCoy & Raver, 2011). Studies have often found that Latina mothers employ behaviors that emphasize a directive, controlling, and protective approach to parenting, more so than EA mothers, who have a greater tendency toward democratic styles (Chaudhuri et al, 2009; Domenech Rodriguez, Donovick, & Crowley, 2009; Fuligni & Brooks-Gunn, 2013; Grau, Azmitia, & Quattlebaum, 2009; Halgunseth, Ispa, & Rudy, 2006; Livas-Dlott et al, 2010). However, research has not always revealed a coherent style of controlling parenting amongst Latina mothers, and other studies have noted that Latina mothers utilize patterns of warmth and supportiveness that are consistent with an authoritative parenting style that is considered to be optimal for European American families (Brady-Smith et al, 2013; Gamble, Ramakumar, & Diaz, 2007).…”

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The influence of cultural orientation on associations between Puerto Rican adolescent mothers’ parenting and toddler compliance and defiance.

Wood¹,

Grau²,

Smith³

et al. 2017

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objectives It is imperative that individual differences in the cultural contexts of adolescent mothers, whose parenting is often linked to poor child outcomes, be better understood, especially amongst Puerto Rican-origin mothers who experience high rates of poverty. Behaviors that mothers use to elicit compliance from their children are important to investigate, because children’s ability to engage in regulated, compliant behavior has long term consequences for their adjustment. This study tested whether mothers’ orientation to both American and Latino cultures influenced the associations between such maternal behaviors and compliant and defiant child behaviors. Method The sample included 123 young, Puerto Rican-origin mothers and their 24-month old toddlers. Behaviors coded from a toy clean-up task measured maternal guidance and control and child compliance and defiance, and acculturation and enculturation were measured with a self-report questionnaire. Results Maternal guidance predicted more child compliance, with no significant variations by cultural orientation; however, mothers who were more enculturated had children who were more compliant. As predicted, mothers’ more frequent use of control was related to more child defiance for mothers reporting high levels of acculturation, and not for less acculturated mothers. Conclusions Findings support the hypothesis that individual differences in cultural orientation influence variations in associations between certain maternal and child behaviors.

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The Relation Between Emotional Availability and Parenting Style: Cultural and Economic Factors in a Diverse Sample of Young Mothers

Cited by 57 publications

References 40 publications

Gender differences in the relation between mothering behaviors and child-behavior problems among Hispanic preschoolers.

Gender differences in the relation between mothering behaviors and child-behavior problems among Hispanic preschoolers.

Parenting Attributions and Attitudes in Cross-Cultural Perspective

The influence of cultural orientation on associations between Puerto Rican adolescent mothers’ parenting and toddler compliance and defiance.

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