Associations of Warmth and Control of Filipina Domestic Helpers and Mothers to Hong Kong Kindergarten Children's Social Competence

Ip, Hoi Man; Cheung, Sum Kwing; McBride‐Chang, Catherine; Chang, Lei

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“…Parental rejection has been linked to a host of negative outcomes in children, such as behavior problems and depression (Bradford et al, 2003; Khaleque & Rohner, 2002a, 2012; Rohner & Britner, 2002; Rohner, Khaleque, & Cournoyer, 2003). Positive outcomes associated with acceptance, such as social competence and ego resilience (Ip, Cheung, & McBride-Chang, 2008; Kim, Han, & McCubbin, 2007; Swanson, Valiente, Lemery-Chalfant, & O'Brien, 2011), have also been noted, but there is less systematic research linking parental acceptance to adaptive child adjustment. This study investigates five specific aspects of child adjustment: two negative (internalizing and externalizing behavior problems) and three positive (school achievement, prosocial behavior, and social competence).…”

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Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries

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Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Background It is generally believed that parental rejection of children leads to child maladaptation. However, the specific effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection on diverse domains of child adjustment and development have been incompletely documented, and whether these effects hold across diverse populations and for mothers and fathers are still open questions. Methods This study assessed children's perceptions of mother and father acceptance-rejection in 1247 families from China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States as antecedent predictors of later internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, school performance, prosocial behavior, and social competence. Results Higher perceived parental rejection predicted increases in internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and decreases in school performance and prosocial behavior across three years controlling for within-wave relations, stability across waves, and parental age, education, and social desirability bias. Patterns of relations were similar across mothers and fathers and, with a few exceptions, all 9 countries. Conclusions Children's perceptions of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection have small but nearly universal effects on multiple aspects of their adjustment and development regardless of the family's country of origin.

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Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries

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“…Children selectively preferred to learn from an in‐group member over a lower‐status (Southeast Asian) out‐group member, consistent with past research highlighting children's use of social group membership for learning preferences (Chen et al., , ; Corriveau et al., ; Gaither et al., ). Thus, despite the important role domestic workers often play in their upbringing (Ip et al., ), children seem cognizant of group status differences. In contrast, children demonstrated no learning preference between a Chinese member and a higher‐status (White) out‐group member, suggesting an awareness of their in‐group's standing relative to specific out‐groups.…”

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“…These workers can substantially impact children's development. Previous work has shown that their caregiving style, especially perceived warmth and control, relates to children's social competence, such as their ability to communicate with adults (e.g., Ip, Cheung, McBride‐Chang, & Chang, ). Additionally, before British colonization ended in 1997, approximately 80% of the secondary schools used English as the main language of instruction (Chiu & Hong, ).…”

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Learning and Socializing Preferences in Hong Kong Chinese Children

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The impact of social group information on the learning and socializing preferences of Hong Kong Chinese children were examined. Specifically, the degree to which variability in racial out-group exposure affects children's use of race to make decisions about unfamiliar individuals (Chinese, White, Southeast Asian) was investigated. Participants (N = 212; M = 60.51 months) chose functions for novel objects after informants demonstrated their use; indicated with which peer group member to socialize; and were measured on racial group recognition, preference, and identification. Overall, children preferred in-group members, though out-group exposure and the relative social status of out-groups mattered as well. At a young age, children's specific experiences with different races influence how they learn and befriend others across racial group lines.

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“…As surrogate mother, domestic helper should have certain power to discipline the children, yet as the children's subordinate they may not have the power to, or has reservation about, when and how to discipline the children. To some extent, there are likely to seek for the children's cooperation rather than playing a role in teaching or disciplining them (Ip et al, 2008). In the study conducted in Singapore, Ebbeck and Gokhale (2004) found that majority of the parents surveyed do not expect the house helper as being one of the disciplining, despite the amount spent with children compared to the parents in caring the children.…”

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“…Thus, a parents who must place a child under another's care should choose someone with high quality holding similar family's values so that they may provide a positive impact on children's social competence and positive development (Ip et al, 2008) as the children learn so quickly. The research showed that many youth who used alcohol, tobacco and marijuana in Rwanda came from families where other family members such as brothers and sisters or other members of the extended family staying with them use drugs (p<0.001) (Kanyoni, Gishoma & Ndarindwa, 2015).…”

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Drugs Use Among the Youth In Rwanda: A Public Health Concern And Family’ Challenge

Ngamije¹,

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2016

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IntroductionAlthough the prevalence rate of illicit drugs among the youths in Rwanda is colorless compare to the statistics in the region, conditions are present exposing children and adolescents to drugs abuse. A token review of Rwandan newspapers and media as well as scientific paper reveals that alcohol and illicit drugs abuse among the youths is of major concern in rural and urban areas (Kanyoni, Gishoma, & Ndahindwa, 2015). Although drugs use among the youths is not new in Rwandan families and use in ceremony, the recent abuse of illicit drugs particularly cannabis among the teenager and adolescents population has become a major public policy issue and a serious public health problem. The purpose of this section is to review the relevant literature, describe the existing knowledge regarding alcohol and drugs abuse among children and youth in the Rwandan context, and evaluate the plausibility of popular assumptions regarding the correlates of drugs outcomes in Rwandan children and youth in family settings. This study assesses the relationship between ecological processes of youth outcomes in Rwanda and is organized in the following manner: The first sub-section address epidemiology of alcohol and other drugs in Rwanda; the next section addresses the incidence of drugs abuse and its impacts on individual, family and society; followed by another that focuses on the overall conceptual framework and its effectiveness in assessing adolescent outcomes in the Rwandan context. Pursuant to that, the individual, family, and community attributes of drugs outcomes are addressed, as well as two levels of the ecological environment: the proximal (near) environment and the distal (far) environment. In the proximal context, the issue of parental involvement is addressed as two separate issues: father absence and mother absence. This is due to direct or indirect effect of the 1994 genocide that left many orphans and widows, and recently with family stressors and poverty, the issue of mother absence has featured prominently in the discussions surrounding children and adolescents risk behaviors in Rwanda. Lastly section article discusses implications for policy decision making.

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Associations of Warmth and Control of Filipina Domestic Helpers and Mothers to Hong Kong Kindergarten Children's Social Competence

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries

Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries

Learning and Socializing Preferences in Hong Kong Chinese Children

Drugs Use Among the Youth In Rwanda: A Public Health Concern And Family’ Challenge

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