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Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin; Pomerantz, Eva M.; Deng, Ciping – Child Development, 2014
Chinese parents exert more control over children than do American parents. The current research examined whether this is due in part to Chinese parents' feelings of worth being more contingent on children's performance. Twice over a year, 215 mothers and children (M[subscript age] = 12.86 years) in China and the United States (European and African…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Self Esteem, Self Concept, Cross Cultural Studies
Helwig, Charles C.; To, Sharon; Wang, Qian; Liu, Chunqiong; Yang, Shaogang – Child Development, 2014
This study examined judgments and reasoning about four parental discipline practices (induction or reasoning and three practices involving "psychological control"; Barber, 1996; two forms of shaming and love withdrawal) among children (7-14 years of age) from urban and rural China and Canada (N = 288) in response to a moral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discipline, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Pomerantz, Eva M.; Qin, Lili; Wang, Qian; Chen, Huichang – Child Development, 2009
This research examined children's interdependent self-construals as manifest in their seeing their relationships with their parents as self-defining. Four times over early adolescence, 825 children (mean age = 12.73 years) in the United States and China reported on their inclusion of their relationships with their parents in their self-construals…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Self Concept

Kitayama, Shinobu – Child Development, 2000
Elaborates on the basic thesis developed by Rothbaum et al., underscoring the significance of the co-constructive process of the self and social relationship. Discusses implications for future cultural psychological inquiry in this area. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences

Dennis, Tracy A.; Cole, Pamela M.; Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn; Mizuta, Ichiro – Child Development, 2002
This study examined cultural differences and similarities in socialization during free play and a waiting task among Japanese mothers and their preschoolers temporarily residing in the United States and U.S. mothers and their preschoolers. Findings suggest an emphasis on autonomy among U.S. dyads and an emphasis on relatedness among Japanese…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences

Anderson, James G. – Child Development, 1987
Demonstrates how structural equation modeling can be used to translate a verbal theory into a mathematical model that can be estimated and tested, and from which inferences can be drawn. Data used was taken from a previous study of the effects of family socialization on the formation of achievement values and self-concept. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cultural Differences, Demography

Wainryb, Cecilia; Turiel, Elliot – Child Development, 1994
Two studies examined concepts of personal autonomy and social roles among persons in different types of cultures. Found that Druze subjects attributed more power than Jewish subjects to males over females, but concepts of personal entitlements were prominent in both groups. Overall, findings indicated that social reasoning is heterogeneous in…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context