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Peer reviewedChao, 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
Peer reviewedChao, Ruth K. – Child Development, 2001
Examined effects of parent-adolescent relationships on school performance for Chinese American and European American high school students. Found positive effects of both authoritative parenting and relationship closeness on school performance for European Americans and to some extent second-generation Chinese, but not first-generation Chinese. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Child Rearing
Download full textChao, Ruth K. – 1993
This study investigated whether certain broad cultural notions, such as "chiao shun" (training children in appropriate behavior or morals) and "guan" (a positive notion expressing parental concern, caring, or involvement) better distinguish the Chinese parent from the European-American than do the concepts of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Chinese Culture, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedChao, Ruth K. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1996
Compared 48 immigrant Chinese and 50 European American mothers of preschool-age children on their perspectives on the role of parenting in their children's school success. Findings reveal Chinese immigrants have a high regard for education and a belief in a strong parental role, while European Americans regard social skills and self-esteem of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Rearing, Chinese Americans, Comparative Analysis
Chao, Ruth K. – 1995
A study was conducted to determine Asian American conceptualizations of parenting, focusing on socialization goals, parenting style, and parenting practices related to schooling, aspects of parental influences discussed by D. Darling and L. Steinberg (1993). It was suggested that the standard conceptualizations of parenting style, those of D.…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Authoritarianism, Child Rearing, Cultural Differences
Chao, Ruth K. – 1996
This study compared standard conceptualizations for parenting style, parental involvement in school, and parents' socialization goals with alternative conceptualizations, in relation to children's academic achievement. Specifically, the study asked: (1) whether ethnicity is predictive of achievement scores when included in analyses involving the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences
