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Zhu, Jingjing; Liu, Mowei; Li, Yan; Wang, Lingfei; Huang, Minmin – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: Parental control is considered to be an important aspect of parenting. However, the meaning and the function of parental control are still controversial, especially when the cultural context is considered. The purpose of the present research was to explore the meaning and the function of parental control in Chinese culture. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
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Lau, Eva Yi Hung; Chang, Lei; Casas, Juan F. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study examined whether physical coercion and psychological control by mothers and fathers can influence preschoolers' use of physical and relational aggression, and whether the relations are moderated by children's effortful control in a Hong Kong Chinese sample. Data were collected from a sample of 168 children (88 girls;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Preschool Children, Aggression
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Kang, Sungha; Gair, Shannon L.; Paton, Mariajosé J.; Harvey, Elizabeth A. – Early Education and Development, 2023
This study examined racial/ethnic differences in the relations between three dimensions of parenting practices (harsh, lax, and warm parenting) and children's externalizing behaviors across European American, African American, and Latinx families. Participants included 221 mothers who identified as African American (n = 32), Latina (n = 46), or…
Descriptors: Race, Ethnicity, Parent Attitudes, African Americans
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Carpenter, Johanna L.; Mendez, Julia – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: This study used a within-group research design and person-centered analytic methods to identify multidimensional profiles of parenting styles, parenting practices, and related emotional factors in a sample of 274 African American mothers recruited from Head Start programs in the northeastern and southeastern United States.…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, African Americans, Mothers, Early Intervention
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Shavega, Theresia J.; Brugman, Daniel; van Tuijl, Cathy – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The present study concerns children's behavioral adjustment in the context of pre-primary schools in Tanzania. Twenty teachers and 320 children from 20 pre-primary schools participated in the study. Teacher-child relationships, children's behavioral adjustment, and teachers' cultural beliefs were reported by teachers; classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Nursery Schools