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Immigrant Chinese Mothers' Socialization of Achievement in Children: A Strategic Adaptation to the Host Society.
- Source :
- Child Development; May/Jun2017, Vol. 88 Issue 3, p979-995, 17p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Academic socialization by low-income immigrant mothers from Mainland China was investigated in two studies. Immigrant Chinese mothers of first graders (n = 52; Mage  = 38.69) in the United States (Study 1) and kindergartners (n = 86; Mage  = 36.81) in Hong Kong (Study 2) tell stories that emphasized achieving the best grade through effort more than did African American (n = 39; Mage  = 31.44) and native Hong Kong (n = 76; Mage  = 36.64) mothers, respectively. The emphasis on achievement was associated with mothers' heightened discussion on discrimination (Study 1) and beliefs that education promotes upward mobility (Study 2), as well as children's expectations that a story protagonist would receive maternal criticism for being nonpersistent in learning (Study 2). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00093920
- Volume :
- 88
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122941659
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12701