Reinforcing Children's Effort
A Comparison of Immigrant, Native-Born Mexican American and Euro-American Mothers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7792833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Chavez (Claremont Graduate School), Raymond Buriel (Pomona College) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-142 |
| Publication date | 1986-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07399863860082002 |
| OpenAlex | W2034154737 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
The present study examined the role of success, failure, and effort in the reinforcement practices of immigrant, and nativeborn Mexican American mothers and compared them to a baseline group of middle-class Euro-American mothers. Mothers viewed a videotape depicting a seven-year-old male confederate either succeeding or failing on a novel task while displaying varying amounts of effort. Mothers also completed a subjective rating scale in order to determine the effectiveness of the effort variable. Overall, contingent reinforcement was observed among all mothers. However, under conditions of high effort-failure, native born-Mexican American and Euro-American mothers gave more reinforcements than immigrant Mexican American mothers. Under conditions of low effort-success, immigrant Mexican American and Euro-American mothers gave more reinforcements than native-born Mexican American mothers. Results are discussed in terms of selective immigration of Mexican-born mothers and acculturation to United States society
Acculturation · Chinese americans · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Immigration · Mexican americans · Political science · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology
Mexican-american Youth
The Mexican-Americans of South Texas
The Development of the Concepts of Effort and Ability, Perception of Academic Attainment, and the Understanding That Difficult Tasks Require More Ability
The psychology of interpersonal relations.
Integration With Traditional Mexican-American Culture and Sociocultural Adjustment
Attributional mediators of learned helplessness
Guardians of Tradition
Chaotic reinforcement
Social class differences in maternal teaching strategies and speech patterns
Guardians of Tradition
The Relationship of Traditional Mexican American Culture to Adjustment and Delinquency among Three Generations of Mexican American Male Adolescents
Illegal Immigration and the International System, Lessons from Recent Legal Mexican Immigrants to the United States
Mother-Directed Achievement of Children in Two Cultures
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2013 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |