This study examined mother- child discussion of children's peer experiences in cultural contexts and itsrelation to children's relational self-concepts. In all, 70 European American (EA) and Chinese immigrantmothers (CI) and their 9- to 11-year-old children were interviewed twice at home, with an interval of 1year. During each interview, mothers and children were asked to discuss 2 specific peer-related pastevents, and children completed an open-ended interview that assessed their relational self-concepts. EAfamilies emphasized children's own subjective perspectives, whereas CI families focused on copingstrategies to resolve negativity in peer experiences. Reminiscing on causal talk, social content, and activecognitive coping strategies was related to children's positive self-concepts at Time 2 concurrently andlongitudinally, with more salient relations for CI children. References to children's internal states at Time1 and Time 2 exhibited significant associations with children's positive self-concepts at Time 2 acrossEA and CI families. The findings demonstrate the important role of culture in shaping family narrativepractices in relation to children's psychosocial development. © 2019 American Psychological Association.

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