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Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality as a Moderator of Links between COVID-19 Disruption and Reported Changes in Mothers' and Young Adults' Adjustment in Five Countries
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Skinner, Ann T.; Godwin, Jennifer; Alampay, Liane Peña; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Gurdal, Sevtap; Pastorelli, Concetta; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean – Developmental Psychology, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented families around the world with extraordinary challenges related to physical and mental health, economic security, social support, and education. The current study capitalizes on a longitudinal, cross-national study of parenting, adolescent development, and young adult competence to document the association…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents
Understanding Chinese Immigrant and European American Mothers' Expressions of Warmth
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Cheah, Charissa S. L.; Li, Jin; Zhou, Nan; Yamamoto, Yoko; Leung, Christy Y. Y. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Maternal warmth, the quality of the affectional bond between mothers and their children, has been found to be consistently associated with children's positive developmental outcomes in Western cultures. However, researchers debate the potential differences in the cultural meanings of maternal warmth, particularly between Chinese and European…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Whites, Immigrants
Intergenerational Cultural Dissonance in Parent-Adolescent Relationships among Chinese and European Americans
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Wu, Chunxia; Chao, Ruth K. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Generational cultural gaps (assessed as the mismatch between adolescents' ideals and perceptions of the parent-adolescent relationship) were investigated among Chinese youth with immigrant parents and their European American counterparts who have been in the United States for generations and assumingly do not have intergenerational cultural gaps.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Conflict, Cultural Differences
Nepali Children's Ideas about Emotional Displays in Hypothetical Challenges.
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Cole, Pamela M.; Tamang, Babu Lal – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Investigated ideas of 50 first-grade children from two different Nepali cultures (Tamang and Chhetri-Brahmin) regarding how they would feel and act in six emotionally challenging situations. Found significant cultural differences. Chhetri-Brahmin children were more likely to endorse negative emotions and to report masking negative emotion. These…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Cultural Differences
The Still-Face Effect in Chinese and Canadian 3- to 6-Month-Old Infants.
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Kisilevsky, Barbara S.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Studied cross-cultural differences using still-face paradigm with 3- to 6-month-old Chinese infants. Found that infants looked and smiled less to both parents' still face; experimental group showed similar still-face effects to both mothers and a stranger. Comparison to archival data from Canadian infants showed that, although Chinese infants took…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Production of Emotional Facial Expressions in European American, Japanese, and Chinese Infants.
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Camras, Linda A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1998
European American, Japanese, and Chinese 11-month-olds participated in emotion-inducing laboratory procedures. Facial responses were scored with BabyFACS, an anatomically based coding system. Overall, Chinese infants were less expressive than European American and Japanese infants, suggesting that differences in expressivity between European…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Functional Analysis of the Contents of Maternal Speech to Infants of 5 and 13 Months in Four Cultures: Argentina, France, Japan, and the United States.
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Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Mothers in Argentina, France, Japan, and the United States were observed interacting with their 5- and 13-month-old infants. Maternal speech was classified into expressions concerning affect and information. Mothers in all cultures used both classifications with their infants and spoke to older infants more than younger infants. (BC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Caregiver Speech, Child Language
Transitions and Turning Points: Navigating the Passage from Childhood through Adolescence.
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Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Comments on this special theme issue examining the roles of socialization, biology, and culture as they affect adaptive and maladaptive developmental outcomes. Presents models for predicting and understanding behavioral and affective change at transitions occurring especially from middle childhood through adolescence. Provides examples…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents