Considering children’s characteristics in Chinese American mothers’ attributions, well-being, and parenting practices

IF 2.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101817

Bumo Zhang , Charissa S.L. Cheah , Huiguang Ren

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Abstract

This study assessed whether: (a) the relation between mothers' attributions of parenting failures to uncontrollable causes (i.e., parenting skills, task difficulty) and parenting practices (i.e., warm parenting, psychologically controlling parenting) was explained by mothers' psychological well-being, and (b) children's difficult behaviors moderated the relation between mothers' attributions and psychological well-being. Data were collected from 270 Chinese American mothers (M_age = 37.8 years old) with young children (M_age = 4.6 years old, 50 % boys). Results revealed that mothers' attributions of caregiving failures to uncontrollable causes were associated with poorer psychological well-being, which in turn, was related to less warm parenting and more psychologically controlling parenting. Moreover, the indirect effects were significant only when children displayed low or moderate levels of difficult behaviors. Our findings can inform the design of culturally sensitive interventions to promote positive child-rearing beliefs and strategies in Chinese American families.

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考虑华裔美国母亲的归因、幸福感和育儿实践中的儿童特征

本研究评估了母亲对育儿失败的归因是否可以用母亲的心理幸福感来解释(a)不可控因素（如育儿技巧、任务难度）与育儿实践（如温暖育儿、心理控制育儿）之间的关系，以及(b)儿童的困难行为是否可以调节母亲的归因与心理幸福感之间的关系。数据来自270名美籍华人母亲（年龄37.8岁）和幼儿（年龄4.6岁，50%为男孩）。结果显示，母亲将照顾失败归因于无法控制的原因与较差的心理健康有关，这反过来又与不那么温暖的父母和更多的心理控制父母有关。此外，只有当儿童表现出低或中等程度的困难行为时，间接影响才显着。我们的研究结果可以为设计文化敏感的干预措施提供信息，以促进华裔美国家庭积极的育儿信念和策略。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.10

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.