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Individualism, collectivism and conformity in nine countries: Relations with parenting and child adjustment.

Journal: International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie

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Affiliated Institutions: Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy. Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Department of Psychology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Department of Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. Special Education, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy. Child and Family Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA. Child Development Department, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA. Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Taipa, China. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA. Department of Psychology, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. Department of Educational Psychology, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya. College of Liberal Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Faculty of Psychology, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Medellín, Colombia.

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This study investigated how individualism, collectivism and conformity are associated with parenting and child adjustment in 1297 families with 10-year-old children from 13 cultural groups in nine countries. With multilevel models disaggregating between- and within-culture effects, we examined between- and within-culture associations between maternal and paternal cultural values, parenting dimensions and children's adjustment. Mothers from cultures endorsing higher collectivism and fathers from cultures endorsing lower individualism engage more frequently in warm parenting behaviours. Mothers and fathers with higher-than-average collectivism in their culture reported higher parent warmth and expectations for children's family obligations. Mothers with higher-than-average collectivism in their cultures more frequently reported warm parenting and fewer externalising problems in children, whereas mothers with higher-than-average individualism in their culture reported more child adjustment problems. Mothers with higher-than-average conformity values in their culture reported more father-displays of warmth and greater mother-reported expectations for children's family obligations. Fathers with higher-than-average individualism in their culture reported setting more rules and soliciting more knowledge about their children's whereabouts. Fathers who endorsed higher-than-average conformity in their culture displayed more warmth and expectations for children's family obligations and granted them more autonomy. Being connected to an interdependent, cohesive group appears to relate to parenting and children's adjustment.

Authors & Co-authors: Gorla Laura L Rothenberg W Andrew WA Lansford Jennifer E JE Yotanyamaneewong Saengduean S Alampay Liane Peña LP Al-Hassan Suha M SM Bacchini Dario D Bornstein Marc H MH Breiner Kaitlyn K Chang Lei L Deater-Deckard Kirby K Di Giunta Laura L Dodge Kenneth A KA Gurdal Sevtap S Junla Daranee D Oburu Paul P Pastorelli Concetta C Santona Alessandra A Skinner Ann T AT Sorbring Emma E Steinberg Laurence L Uribe Tirado Liliana Maria LM

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Citations : Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment. (2016). Multicultural research with the ASEBA. http://www.aseba.org/aboutus/multiculturalresearch.html
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Individualism, collectivism and conformity in nine countries: Relations with parenting and child adjustment.

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