Observed Gender Differences in African American Mother-Child Relationships and Child Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Mandara, Jelani; Murray, Carolyn B.; Telesford, James M.; Varner, Fatima A.; Richman, Scott B.
Titel	Observed Gender Differences in African American Mother-Child Relationships and Child Behavior
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 61 (2012) 1, S.129-141 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00688.x
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Daughters; Child Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Gender Differences; African Americans; Puzzles; Empathy; Affective Behavior; Sons; Socioeconomic Status; Cultural Awareness; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Afroamerikaner; Legespiel; Empathie; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Son; Sohn; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität
Abstract	African American mother-child dyads (N = 99) were observed interacting on a collaborative puzzle exercise. Raters blind to the purpose of the study rated the dyads on several mother and child behaviors. Mothers of daughters were rated as more empathetic, encouraging, warm, and accepting and less negative than mothers of sons. Male children were more challenging and less happy, relaxed, and engaged. Mediation analyses found that the differences in mother-child relationships explained the gender differences in child behavior. These patterns were consistent across different child age groups and after controlling for family socioeconomic status. It was concluded that many of the gender disparities may be reduced with empirically informed and culturally sensitive parent training interventions that teach parents the necessity of being warm and loving as well as encouraging both male and female children to excel. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10