Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Volume 47, 2016, Pages 13-22

Parenting hassles mediate predictors of Chinese and Korean immigrants’ psychologically controlling parenting (Article)

Cheah C.S.L.* , Yu J. , Hart C.H. , Özdemir S.B. , Sun S. , Zhou N. , Olsen J.A. , Sunohara M.
  • a Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States
  • b Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States
  • c Human Development, School of Family Life, 2102D JFSB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, United States
  • d Center for Developmental Research, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Orebro University, Sweden
  • e Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States
  • f Department of Early Childhood Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
  • g College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, 922 SWKT, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, United States
  • h Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec H4B 1R6, Canada

Abstract

We examined: (1) the mediating role of parenting daily hassles in the associations between three predictors (child temperament, maternal psychological well-being, and marital quality) and psychologically controlling practices in two Asian immigrant samples. We also explored the moderating role of maternal acculturation in the path from parenting daily hassles to psychological control. Participants were 152 Chinese and 165 Korean immigrant mothers with preschool children in the U.S. Multi-group path analysis revealed that easier child temperament, higher psychological well-being, and better marital quality were each associated with fewer parenting daily hassles, which in turn were associated with less psychological control. These general mediating effects held for both groups. However, the indirect effects of child temperament, maternal psychological well-being, and marital quality through parenting daily hassles were further moderated by acculturation for Chinese immigrant mothers, but not Korean immigrant mothers. The culturally similar and different findings across the two groups were discussed. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.

Author Keywords

Marital quality Parenting daily hassles Child temperament Psychological control Psychological well-being Acculturation

Index Keywords

controlled study female major clinical study temperament immigrant psychological well-being cultural factor path analysis human mother child parent relation Child
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DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2016.09.005
ISSN: 01933973
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English