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Chinese child‐rearing beliefs: Key dimensions and contributions to the development of culture‐appropriate assessment
Author(s) -
Lieber Eli,
Fung Heidi,
Leung Patrick WingLeung
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2006.00191.x
Subject(s) - shame , psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , exploratory factor analysis , social psychology , developmental psychology , chinese culture , indigenous , autonomy , measurement invariance , child rearing , consistency (knowledge bases) , internal consistency , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , china , quantum mechanics , ecology , statistics , physics , geometry , mathematics , political science , law , biology
Socio‐cultural perspectives explain inconsistency in Chinese child‐rearing research when imported methods and concepts are applied. We sought to elucidate child‐rearing belief constructs relevant to Chinese contexts. Exploratory factor analysis identified items representing child‐rearing concepts both imported and indigenous to Chinese culture and forming four dimensions: Training, Shame, Authoritative, and Autonomy. Data from parents of preschool‐aged children in Hong Kong ( N = 228) and Taiwan ( N = 213) were subject to confirmatory factor and scale internal consistency analyses. Results support the conceptual and psychometric coherence of each subscale. Discussion of findings focuses on the benefits of culturally responsive methodology and the potential utility of the scales in child‐rearing research with Chinese and other Confucian cultural populations.