“…Hence, compared to their American counterparts, Chinese parents tend to use more authoritarian parenting that is characterized by physical coercion, verbal hostility, and frequent use of punitive discipline strategies, and less authoritative parenting (Darling & Steinberg, 1993; Wu et al, 2002). Several recent studies indicated that Chinese immigrant mothers in the U.S. also endorsed authoritative parenting or autonomy-supportive practices to support their children's positive development (e.g., Cheah et al, 2013; Lee et al, 2014; Liew Kwok, Chang, Chang, & Yeh, 2014; Kim, Wang, Orozco-Lapray, Shen, & Murtuza, 2013). Given the cultural differences in child socialization beliefs, it is reasonable to believe that, for Chinese immigrant parents, higher acculturation to American culture would be associated with more authoritative parenting and less authoritarian parenting whereas higher acculturation to Chinese culture would be associated with more authoritarian parenting and less authoritative parenting.…”