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Child-rearing attitudes and behavioral inhibition in Chinese and Canadian toddlers

A cross-cultural study

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ID9787540
AuthorsXinyin Chen (0000-0002-0952-8659, Western University, corresponding author), Paul D Hastings (0000-0003-2978-7364), Kenneth H Rubin (0000-0002-2608-2484), Huichang Chen, Guozhen Cen, Shannon L Stewart (0000-0002-6480-883X)
Year1998
Volume34
Issue4
Pages677-686
Publication date1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0012-1649.34.4.677
PMID9681259
OpenAlexW2138575672
LanguageEN
Citations received233
References cited7

Behavioral inhibition data were collected from samples of 2-year-olds from the People's Republic of China and Canada. Information on child-rearing attitudes and beliefs was obtained from mothers of the children. Chinese toddlers were significantly more inhibited than their Canadian counterparts. Inhibition was associated positively with mothers' punishment orientation and negatively with mothers' acceptance and encouragement of achievement in the Canadian sample. However, the directions of the relations were opposite in the Chinese sample; child inhibition was associated positively with mothers' warm and accepting attitudes and negatively with rejection and punishment orientation. The results indicated different adaptational meanings of behavioral inhibition across cultures.

Behavioral inhibition · Child development · Child rearing · China · Cross-cultural · Cultural diversity · Cultural Influence · Developmental psychology · Orientation (vector space · Parenting styles · Preschool education · Punishment (psychology · Socialization · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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