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Predictors of Psychosocial Well-Being in Urban African American and European American Youth: The Role of Ecological Factors
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Prelow, Hazel M.; Bowman, Marvella A.; Weaver, Scott R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Hierarchical regression analyses were used to identify factors that functioned as either promotive or protective factors against the impact of ecological risk on the psychological adjustment of 112 African American and 94 European American adolescents (13-19 years of age). Indicators of ecological risk, promotive/protective factors, and adjustment…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Parenting Styles, Adolescents, Mental Health
Parenting among Hispanic and Anglo-American Mothers with Young Children.
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Cardona, Pablo G.; Nicholson, Bonnie C.; Fox, Robert A. – Journal of Social Psychology, 2000
Examines parenting practices and developmental expectations among Hispanic and Anglo-American mothers living in the United States using the Parent Behavior Checklist. Finds significant main effects for ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) on the discipline and nurturing scores and a tendency for higher SES Hispanic mothers to report more…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Ethnicity
Beyond Parental Control and Authoritarian Parenting Style: Understanding Chinese Parenting through the Cultural Notion of Training.
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Chao, Ruth K. – Child Development, 1994
Examined the child-rearing practices of immigrant Chinese and European American mothers of preschool children through questionnaires that measured parental control, authoritative-authoritarian parenting style, and the Chinese concept of child training. Chinese mothers scored significantly higher than European American mothers on the training…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Child Rearing, Chinese Americans