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Parenting Stress and Child Behavior Problems among Clinic-Referred Youth: Cross-Cultural Differences across the US and Korea
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Chung, Kyong-Mee; Ebesutani, Chad; Bang, Hye Min; Kim, Joohee; Chorpita, Bruce F.; Weisz, John R.; Suh, Dongsoo; Byun, Heejung – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
Due to increased multiculturalism in the US and abroad, there is a need for increased understanding of the different ways in which parenting stress is related to child problems across cultures. In the present study, we investigated (a) differences in reported parenting stress and childhood problem behaviors across a Korean (n = 71) and US (n = 71)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Anxiety, Parent Child Relationship
Studying the "Referability" of Child Clinical Problems.
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Weisz, John R.; Weiss, Bahr – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
Assessed referability index (RI), frequency with which child problem stimulates clinic referral, across 118 child problems as function of problem type (overcontrolled versus undercontrolled), gender, and culture (United States versus Thailand). Problems of both types were more referable in girls than boys; undercontrolled problems were more…
Descriptors: Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Psychopathology
Culture and Youth Psychopathology: Testing the Syndromal Sensitivity Model in Thai and American Adolescents
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Weisz, John R.; Weiss, Bahr; Suwanlert, Somsong; Chaiyasit, Wanchai – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Current widespread use of the same youth assessment measures and scales across different nations assumes that youth psychopathology syndromes do not differ meaningfully across nations. By contrast, the authors' syndromal sensitivity model posits 3 processes through which cultural differences can lead to cross-national differences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Epidemiology, Cultural Differences, Child Behavior
Swapping Recipes for Control.
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Weisz, John R.; And Others – American Psychologist, 1984
Compares results of a survey of chief psychologists in medical schools to results of a similar survey reported in 1978. Reports that changes in bylaws of university-affiliated hospitals have enabled psychologists to be members of the active medical staff. (KH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
Over- and Undercontrolled Referral Problems among Children and Adolescents from Thailand and the United States: The "Wat" and "Wai" of Cultural Differences.
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Weisz, John R.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Compared Thailand to United States in regard to children's psychological problems and corresponding clinic referral patterns. Overcontrolled problems (somaticizing, fearfulness, nervous movements, worrying) were reported more often for Thai than for American youth. Undercontrolled problems (disobedience, fighting, lying, arguing) were reported…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Buddhism, Children
Parent Reports of Behavioral and Emotional Problems among Children in Kenya, Thailand, and the United States.
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Weisz, John R.; And Others – Child Development, 1993
Found significant cultural and racial differences in 62 of 118 behavioral and emotional problems among 308 Kenyan, Thai, African-American, and Caucasian-American 11- to 15-year-old children. Caucasian-American children were rated high on undercontrolled problems such as disobedience. Embu children in Kenya were rated high on overcontrolled…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Cross Cultural Studies