Chinese Mothers' Cultural Models of Children's Shyness: Ethnotheories and Socialization Strategies in the Context of Social Change

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Jia Li; Harkness, Sara; Super, Charles M.
Titel	Chinese Mothers' Cultural Models of Children's Shyness: Ethnotheories and Socialization Strategies in the Context of Social Change
Quelle	In: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, (2020) 170, S.69-92 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1520-3247
DOI	10.1002/cad.20340
Schlagwörter	Shyness; Child Development; Academic Achievement; Peer Acceptance; Prediction; Social Change; Parent Attitudes; Socialization; Urban Areas; Middle Class; Mother Attitudes; Role; Family Relationship; Extraversion Introversion; Parenting Styles; Self Esteem; Intervention; Foreign Countries; Emotional Adjustment; Emotional Disturbances; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schüchternheit; Kindesentwicklung; Schulleistung; Vorhersage; Sozialer Wandel; Elternverhalten; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Urban area; Stadtregion; Mittelschicht; Mutterliebe; Rollen; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Ausland; Emotionale Anpassung; Gefühlsstörung
Abstract	Research by Xinyin Chen and others has documented that in past decades, shyness in Chinese children was associated with leadership, peer-acceptance, and academic achievement. In contemporary China, shyness predicts maladaptive youth outcomes. Although social, political, and economic transitions are presumed to be responsible for this shift, little is known about how societal change mediates parents' beliefs and the socialization of shy children. This qualitative study explored implicit parenting cognitions and attitudes about shyness in a Chinese urban middle-class group of mothers (N = 20). Thematic analyses revealed mothers' beliefs about the role of family socialization in the development/maintenance of shyness and the complexities between shyness and introversion. Mothers spoke of increased use of child-centered parenting practices and the promotion of assertive and self-assured traits. These findings highlight how Chinese parenting has contributed to the decline in the adaptive value of shyness, and inform the development of parenting interventions for shy Chinese children. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01