Situating Chinese American husbands' traditional gender beliefs within acculturative and marital processes.

IF 2.4 2区心理学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Pub Date : 2026-02-23 DOI:10.1037/cdp0000799

Albert Y H Lo, Su Yeong Kim

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Abstract

Objective: Confucian beliefs emphasize the role of husbands as financial providers and authority figures, whereas wives are tasked with managing household matters. Such beliefs in men may have negative effects on their partners within heterosexual couples. However, these concepts have rarely been examined with Chinese American families. The present study situated Chinese American husbands' traditional gender beliefs within paths from their cultural orientations to their wives' outcomes.

Method: Among 416 Chinese American married couples and across three waves of data, path analyses examined indirect paths from husbands' cultural orientations (Wave 1) to the outcomes of wives (Wave 3), sequentially through husbands' traditional gender beliefs (Wave 2) and husbands' marital behaviors (Wave 2).

Results: Greater husbands' Chinese cultural orientation (Wave 1) indirectly predicted both lower wives' expressions of the husband mattering and greater wives' depressive symptoms (Wave 3), sequentially through higher husbands' traditional gender beliefs and lower husbands' marital warmth (Wave 2). Neither wives' own traditional gender beliefs nor family economic stress (Wave 2) significantly moderated effects from husbands' traditional gender beliefs or marital behaviors (Wave 2) to wives' outcomes (Wave 3).

Conclusion: Husbands' traditional gender beliefs are a significant factor linking their cultural experiences to the behavioral and adjustment outcomes of their spouses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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将华裔美国丈夫的传统性别信仰置于异文化和婚姻过程中。

目的：儒家信仰强调丈夫作为经济提供者和权威人物的角色，而妻子的任务是管理家庭事务。对男性的这种信念可能会对异性恋伴侣产生负面影响。然而，这些概念很少在华裔美国家庭中得到检验。本研究将华裔美国丈夫的传统性别信仰置于其文化取向到其妻子结果的路径中。方法：在416对美国华裔已婚夫妇中，通过三波数据，路径分析考察了从丈夫的文化取向（第一波）到妻子的结果（第三波），依次通过丈夫的传统性别信仰（第二波）和丈夫的婚姻行为（第二波）的间接路径。结果：高老公的中国文化取向（第一波）通过高老公的传统性别信仰和低老公的婚姻温暖（第二波）间接预测了低老公对丈夫的重视和高老婆的抑郁症状（第三波）。妻子自己的传统性别信仰和家庭经济压力（第二波）都没有显著调节丈夫的传统性别信仰或婚姻行为（第二波）对妻子结果（第三波）的影响。结论：丈夫的传统性别信仰是其文化体验影响配偶行为和适应结果的重要因素。（PsycInfo数据库记录(c) 2026 APA，版权所有）。

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Multiple-

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5.90

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6.10%

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101

期刊介绍： Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of social–political forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.