Children's interpretations of parental responses to children's negative emotions in Chinese urban and rural communities

IF 1.6 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Ruyi Ding, Wei He, Tuo Liu, Junhao Pan, Qian Wang
{"title":"Children's interpretations of parental responses to children's negative emotions in Chinese urban and rural communities","authors":"Ruyi Ding, Wei He, Tuo Liu, Junhao Pan, Qian Wang","doi":"10.1111/sode.12723","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Children's interpretations of parenting behaviors offer valuable insights into cultural meanings of parenting. This study examined how Chinese urban and rural children interpreted six different types of parental responses to children's negative emotions (PRCNE), which have traditionally been identified as supportive (e.g., emotion‐focused responses, problem‐focused responses, and expressive encouragement ) versus nonsupportive ones (e.g., minimization, parental distress, punitive responses ) in Western cultures. Based on surveyed samples of 976 children, demographically matched samples of 102 urban ( M age = 14.23 years) and 100 rural ( M age = 14.38 years) children were generated for analysis, using propensity score matching (PSM). Results revealed that compared with rural children, urban children rated problem‐focused responses as more normative, whereas parental distress and punitive responses as less normative. Additionally, urban children evaluated emotion‐focused responses , problem‐focused responses , expressive encouragement , and minimization as less negative, and parental distress as less positive than rural children. In urban communities, emotion‐focused responses , problem‐focused responses , and encouragement were evaluated most positively and least negatively, followed by minimization , and lastly parental distress and punitive responses . In rural communities, emotion‐focused responses and problem‐focused responses were evaluated most positively and least negatively, followed by encouragement and minimization , and lastly parental distress and punitive responses . The findings highlight the diverse interpretations children have towards PRCNE across different cultural contexts.","PeriodicalId":48203,"journal":{"name":"Social Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Social Development","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12723","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Abstract Children's interpretations of parenting behaviors offer valuable insights into cultural meanings of parenting. This study examined how Chinese urban and rural children interpreted six different types of parental responses to children's negative emotions (PRCNE), which have traditionally been identified as supportive (e.g., emotion‐focused responses, problem‐focused responses, and expressive encouragement ) versus nonsupportive ones (e.g., minimization, parental distress, punitive responses ) in Western cultures. Based on surveyed samples of 976 children, demographically matched samples of 102 urban ( M age = 14.23 years) and 100 rural ( M age = 14.38 years) children were generated for analysis, using propensity score matching (PSM). Results revealed that compared with rural children, urban children rated problem‐focused responses as more normative, whereas parental distress and punitive responses as less normative. Additionally, urban children evaluated emotion‐focused responses , problem‐focused responses , expressive encouragement , and minimization as less negative, and parental distress as less positive than rural children. In urban communities, emotion‐focused responses , problem‐focused responses , and encouragement were evaluated most positively and least negatively, followed by minimization , and lastly parental distress and punitive responses . In rural communities, emotion‐focused responses and problem‐focused responses were evaluated most positively and least negatively, followed by encouragement and minimization , and lastly parental distress and punitive responses . The findings highlight the diverse interpretations children have towards PRCNE across different cultural contexts.
中国城乡儿童对父母消极情绪反应的解读
儿童对父母行为的解读为父母教养的文化意义提供了宝贵的见解。本研究考察了中国城市和农村儿童如何理解父母对儿童消极情绪的六种不同类型的反应(PRCNE),这些反应在西方文化中传统上被认为是支持性的(如情绪聚焦反应、问题聚焦反应和表达性鼓励),而非支持性的(如最小化、父母痛苦、惩罚性反应)。在976名儿童调查样本的基础上,采用倾向得分匹配(PSM)方法,生成102名城市儿童(M年龄= 14.23岁)和100名农村儿童(M年龄= 14.38岁)的人口统计学匹配样本进行分析。结果显示,与农村儿童相比,城市儿童认为以问题为中心的反应更规范,而父母的痛苦和惩罚反应则不那么规范。此外,与农村儿童相比,城市儿童对情感聚焦反应、问题聚焦反应、表达性鼓励和最小化反应的负面评价较低,对父母痛苦的正面评价较低。在城市社区中,以情绪为中心的反应、以问题为中心的反应和鼓励被评价为最积极和最不消极,其次是最小化反应,最后是父母痛苦和惩罚反应。在农村社区,以情绪为中心的反应和以问题为中心的反应被评价为最积极和最不消极,其次是鼓励和最小化,最后是父母的痛苦和惩罚反应。研究结果强调了不同文化背景下儿童对PRCNE的不同理解。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Social Development
Social Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-
CiteScore
3.80
自引率
0.00%
发文量
74
期刊介绍: Social Development is a major international journal dealing with all aspects of children"s social development as seen from a psychological stance. Coverage includes a wide range of topics such as social cognition, peer relationships, social interaction, attachment formation, emotional development and children"s theories of mind. The main emphasis is placed on development in childhood, but lifespan, cross-species and cross-cultural perspectives enhancing our understanding of human development are also featured.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信