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Mothers', fathers' and children's perceptions of parents' expectations about children's family obligations in nine countries
Author(s) -
Lansford Jennifer E.,
Godwin Jennifer,
Alampay Liane Peña,
Uribe Tirado Liliana Maria,
Zelli Arnaldo,
AlHassan Suha M.,
Bacchini Dario,
Bombi Anna Silvia,
Bornstein Marc H.,
Chang Lei,
DeaterDeckard Kirby,
Di Giunta Laura,
Dodge Kenneth A.,
Malone Patrick S.,
Oburu Paul,
Pastorelli Concetta,
Skinner Ann T.,
Sorbring Emma,
Tapanya Sombat
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1002/ijop.12185
Subject(s) - china , psychology , perception , developmental psychology , authoritarianism , cultural values , social psychology , gender studies , political science , sociology , politics , law , neuroscience , democracy
Children's family obligations involve assistance and respect that children are expected to provide to immediate and extended family members and reflect beliefs related to family life that may differ across cultural groups. Mothers, fathers and children ( N = 1432 families) in 13 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand and United States) reported on their expectations regarding children's family obligations and parenting attitudes and behaviours. Within families, mothers and fathers had more concordant expectations regarding children's family obligations than did parents and children. Parenting behaviours that were warmer, less neglectful and more controlling as well as parenting attitudes that were more authoritarian were related to higher expectations regarding children's family obligations between families within cultures as well as between cultures. These international findings advance understanding of children's family obligations by contextualising them both within families and across a number of diverse cultural groups in 9 countries.