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Mothers' Parenting Cognitions in Cultures of Origin, Acculturating Cultures, and Cultures of Destination
Author(s) -
Bornstein Marc H.,
Cote Linda R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00665.x
Subject(s) - immigration , psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , acculturation , attribution , perception , child rearing , social psychology , geography , archaeology , neuroscience
Japanese and South American immigrant mothers' parenting cognitions (attributions and self‐perceptions) were compared with mothers from their country of origin (Japan and Argentina, respectively) and European American mothers in the United States. Participants were 231 mothers of 20‐month‐old children. Generally, South American immigrant mothers' parenting cognitions more closely resembled those of mothers in the United States, whereas Japanese immigrant mothers' cognitions tended to be similar to those of Japanese mothers or intermediate between Japanese and U.S. mothers. This study provides insight into the nature of parenting cognitions generally and those of immigrant mothers specifically and therefore the parenting climate in which immigrant children are reared.