The Mediational Role of Parenting in the Relationship between Family Poverty and Social-Emotional Competence in Chinese Adolescents

Alex Yue Feng Zhu ()
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Alex Yue Feng Zhu: Lingnan University (Hong Kong)

Child Indicators Research, 2019, vol. 12, issue 5, No 14, 1759-1780

Abstract: Abstract Parents play irreplaceable roles in the shaping of social-emotional competence in adolescents, particularly in economically disadvantaged families. By surveying a sample of 965 adolescents from Hong Kong, China, we found that the associations between parenting behaviors and the social-emotional competence of their children varied by gender; that is, the associations between parenting behaviors and the social-emotional competence of female were much stronger as opposed to male students. Specifically, the magnitude of the positive association between positive parenting behaviors and social-emotional competence in female adolescents was larger than that in male adolescents. Similarly, the magnitude of the negative association between negative parenting behaviors and social-emotional competence among female adolescents was also larger than that of male adolescents. This difference can be explained by different interpretations of social-emotional competence, along with different opportunities for social practice across genders in communities based on traditional Chinese culture.

Keywords: Chinese adolescents; Cultural differences; Parenting behaviors; Social-emotional competence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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