Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

9 p.

Publication Date

2000

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Source Publication

The Journal of Social Psychology

Source ISSN

0022-4545

Abstract

The authors examined parenting practices and developmental expectations among 38 Hispanic and 38 Anglo-American mothers living in the United States. Mothers of children 3 to 5 years of age completed the Parent Behavior Checklist (R. A. Fox, 1994), a 100-item measure of parents' developmental expectations, discipline, and nurturing practices. In addition, the authors appraised the Hispanic mothers' acculturation and selected them for participation if their scores on an acculturation scale indicated (a) that their lifestyle was predominantly Hispanic and (b) that they had not been assimilated into the dominant culture. The 2 ethnic groups were also divided by socioeconomic status (SES). There were significant main effects for ethnicity and SES on the discipline and nurturing scores but not on the expectations scores. The Hispanic and higher SES mothers reported higher discipline and lower nurturing scores than did the Anglo-American and lower SES mothers. An unexpected finding was the tendency for higher SES Hispanic mothers to report more frequent use of discipline than the other 3 groups.

Comments

Accepted version. The Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 140, No. 3 (2000): 357-365. DOI. © 2000 Taylor & Francis (Heldref Publishers). Used with permission.

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