Cultural Variations in Parenting: Perceptions of Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American Parents

The Importance of Fatherhood to U.S. Married and Cohabiting Men

“…Research on Asian fathers' parenting styles suggests that co-residential Asian fathers spend less time with their children but that they maintain strong parental control and discipline (Julian et al, 1994); therefore, it is unclear whether they will report higher or lower importance of fatherhood. Hispanics tend to place a high value on family (Sabogal, Marin, Otero-Sabogal, Marin, & Perez-Stable, 1987), and coresidential Hispanic fathers tend to be more involved than White fathers (Coltrane, Parke, & Adams, 2008;Hofferth, 2003;Toth & Xu, 1999), so Hispanic men may see fatherhood as being more important.…”

Do Measures of Parenting Have the Same Meaning for European, Chinese, and Filipino American Adolescents? Tests of Measurement Equivalence

“…For this reason, measures that have been developed primarily from the perspective of one cultural or ethnic group need to be examined and validated in other groups before cross-cultural comparisons are made. Most measures of parenting have been developed primarily with European American samples (Julian, McHenry, & McKelvey, 1994), and the question of measurement equivalence for Asian populations-or the degree to which a measure of parenting has the same meaning or is "equivalent" across groups-has rarely been addressed. Unless measurement equivalence is established, it is difficult to determine whether ethnic differences in scores reflect true differences in parenting or differences in the meaning of the parenting measures.…”

Predictors of Adolescent Sexual Intentions and Behavior: Attitudes, Parenting, and Neighborhood Risk

“…Further, the individualized nature of parenting makes it likely that there are more differences between parents within an ethnic group than between two ethnicities (Julian, McKenry, & McKelvey, 1994 (Epstein & Ward, 2008). Beyond the simple amount of communication about sex, the study found several differences in themes discussed by parents of differences races/ethnicities.…”