Relations between maternal power‐assertive parenting and adjustment in Chinese children: A longitudinal study

Xu, Xinpei; Zhao, Siman; Yiu, Wai Ying Vivien; Li, Dan; Liu, Junsheng; Liu, Shihong; Chen, Xinyin

doi:10.1002/ijop.12570

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“…The total scores of learning problems were standardized within the class for appropriate comparison, with higher scores indicating more learning problems. The measure was used and shown to be reliable and valid in previous studies with Chinese children (Chen, Li et al, 2019; Xu et al, 2020). Internal reliabilities were .81 and .83 at Times 1 and 2, respectively, in this study.…”

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Academic performance and depression in Chinese children: Same‐domain and cross‐domain effects in friendships

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This 1-year longitudinal study examined the effects of academic performance and depression in friendships among elementary school children in China. Participants included 1122 children (44% boys) within 561 stable friendship dyads initially in fourth and fifth grades (initial M age = 11 years). Data on academic performance, depression, and friendship were collected from multiple sources in the period of 2012 to 2014. Dyadic analysis using the actor-partner interdependence model showed that friends' academic performance significantly and positively predicted children's later academic performance, indicating same-domain effects, and significantly and negatively predicted children's later depression, indicating crossdomain effects, with a medium effect size (ε 3 = .70) for the effects of academic performance. The results help understand the role of friendship in children's development in the Chinese context.

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“…Teacher‐rated learning problems were significantly correlated with academic achievement, r s = −.54 at Times 1 and 2, p s < .001. Following the procedure of Xu et al (2020), we aggregated standardized scores of academic achievement with reversed standardized scores of learning problems to form a single index of academic performance.…”

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“…First, this study was correlational, precluding the examination of causality or directionality. Although the ecological model of co-parenting [17] suggests that co-parenting may affect parenting styles and children's SC, parenting styles may also be affected by children's adjustment [5] and co-parenting between primary caregivers [65]. Thus, a longitudinal design is required to delineate the direction of the relationships between IC, parenting styles, and children's SC.…”

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“…Prior studies have shown that high degrees of SC in children are associated with higher peer ratings based on likability [2], as well as reduced behavioral problems [3]. SC is commonly used as an indicator of children's social adjustment [4,5]. During early childhood, the family serves as the main microsystem and has a crucial impact on children's social adjustment [6].…”

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The Impact of Mothers’ Perceived Unsupportive Intergenerational Co-Parenting on Children’s Social Competence: Evidence from China

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This study examined whether parenting styles mediated the relationship between unsupportive intergenerational co-parenting and children’s social competence, and whether the first stage of the mediating process, as well as the direct association between unsupportive intergenerational co-parenting and children’s social competence, was moderated by maternal psychological flexibility. The theoretical model was tested using data collected from 412 mothers of children aged 3–6 years at four kindergartens in Shanghai, China. The results showed that: (1) unsupportive intergenerational co-parenting was negatively associated with children’s social competence through decreased maternal authoritative parenting and increased authoritarian parenting and (2) the first stage of the mediation mechanism was moderated by maternal psychological flexibility. Specifically, unsupportive intergenerational co-parenting was significantly associated with authoritative and authoritarian parenting for mothers with low and high psychological flexibility, respectively, and the magnitude of the association was higher for mothers with low psychological flexibility. These findings extend the understanding of how and when unsupportive intergenerational co-parenting impacts children’s social competence.

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“…Thus, American parents may use peer restriction contingently, such that they increase it if there is an increase in children’s adjustment problems and decrease it if such problems decrease. A similar “child-driven” process is possible in China (Xu et al, 2020), but because less emphasis is placed on independence in China (e.g., Markus & Kitayama, 1991), parents may not be as hesitant to use peer restriction—indeed, they are more likely to make decisions for children about personal issues, including friends, during early adolescence than are American parents (e.g., Qin et al, 2009). Thus, Chinese parents’ peer restriction may be less contingent on fluctuations in children’s adjustment.…”

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Parents’ peer restriction in the United States and China: A longitudinal study of early adolescents.

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Wang³

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This research examined parents' restriction of children's peer relationships in the United States and China. American and Chinese children (N ϭ 934; M age ϭ 12.67 years) reported on their parents' peer restriction (e.g., limiting children's time with peers) and their behavioral and psychological adjustment 3 times over a year. Increments in parents' peer restriction predicted decrements in children's adjustment over time to a similar extent in the United States and China. However, decrements in children's adjustment predicted increments in parents' peer restriction over time to a greater extent in the United States (vs. China). Thus, it is possible that culture contributes to the socialization process involving parents' restriction of children's peer relationships but only via child-driven pathways.

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Relations between maternal power‐assertive parenting and adjustment in Chinese children: A longitudinal study

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Academic performance and depression in Chinese children: Same‐domain and cross‐domain effects in friendships

Academic performance and depression in Chinese children: Same‐domain and cross‐domain effects in friendships

The Impact of Mothers’ Perceived Unsupportive Intergenerational Co-Parenting on Children’s Social Competence: Evidence from China

Parents’ peer restriction in the United States and China: A longitudinal study of early adolescents.

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