A comparison of child-rearing practices among Chinese, Chinese- American and non-Asian American parents

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dc.contributor.authorLin, Chin-Yau Cindyen
dc.contributor.committeechairFu, Victoriaen
dc.contributor.committeememberFarrier, Shirley C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHinkle, Dennis E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberParks, David J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSawyers, Janet K.en
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-24T13:35:14Zen
dc.date.available2015-06-24T13:35:14Zen
dc.date.issued1988en
dc.description.abstract<u>Purpose</u>. The purpose of the proposed study is to investigate the differences and similarities in child-rearing practices among Chinese, Chinese-American, and non-Asian American parents. <u>Variables</u>. The independent variables are the parents’ ethnic background (Chinese, Chinese-American, or non-Asian American) and the child’s sex (male or female). The dependent variables are eight parental child-rearing practices dimensions: father’s and mother’s parental control, father’s and mother’s encouragement of independence, father’s and mother’s expression of affection, and father’s and mother’s emphasis on achievement. <u>Methodology</u>. The subjects of this study are the mothers and fathers of children from intact families enrolled in kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade. Forty-four Chinese Chinese, 46 Chinese-American, and 48 non-Asian Americans parent-couples participated in this study. The Chinese parent couples were recruited in Taiwan. The immigrant Chinese-American parent couples were recruited from the states of Maryland and Virginia. The non-Asian American parent couples were recruited in Virginia. The child-rearing variables were measured by four subscales, 28 items, from the Child-Rearing Practices Report (CRPR) developed by Block (1986). The subjects rated each item on a 5-point rating scale. A two way-MANOVA (3 x 2) (ethnic group x child’s sex), univariate ANOVA tests, Tukey tests, repeated measure analysis, Pearson correlation coefficients, and dependent ṯ-tests were used to analyze the data. <u>Findings and Conclusions</u>. The two way MANOVA yielded significant group effect on the parental variables <u>F</u>(16, 250)= 10.31, <u>p</u><.0001. Generally, it was found that Chinese and Chinese-American parents tended to rate higher on parental control, encouragement of independence, and emphasis on achievement than American parents.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentviii, 111 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/53571en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 18574216en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1988.L563en
dc.subject.lcshChild rearing -- Cross-cultural studiesen
dc.subject.lcshParentingen
dc.titleA comparison of child-rearing practices among Chinese, Chinese- American and non-Asian American parentsen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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