The Mediating Role of Perceived Parental Warmth and Parental Punishment in the Psychological Well-Being of Children in Rural China
The Mediating Role of Perceived Parental Warmth and Parental Punishment in the Psychological Well-Being of Children in Rural China
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DOI：
10.1007/s11205-011-9859-9
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Liu, Xiaodong
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作者：
Chen, Jennifer Jun-Li;Liu, Xiaodong
研究表明，父母的温暖和惩罚等养育行为在将个人（例如，年龄、性别）和家族特征（例如，经济状况、婚姻质量）对儿童心理健康的影响。然而，很少有研究证实这些联系与中国人口，特别是那些在中国农村地区受到贫困和缺乏教育等不利条件的困扰。在这项研究中，我们调查了儿童（年龄，性别和兄弟姐妹的大小）和家庭特征（家庭财富，父母的教育和婚姻质量）是否间接有助于儿童的心理健康（如他们自我报告的内化和外化问题）通过他们感知的父母温暖和父母的惩罚。使用结构方程模型，我们分析了从中国农村2,000名儿童（9-13岁）及其父母收集的数据。结果显示，家庭财富和婚姻质量通过父母温暖和父母惩罚与这些孩子的外化问题有显着的间接关系。儿童在体验内化和外化问题上存在年龄和性别差异。在父母温暖感和父母惩罚感上也存在性别差异。对今后的研究方向进行了讨论。
Research has documented that parenting practices, such as parental warmth and parental punishment, play a mediating role in linking individual (e.g., age, gender) and familial characteristics (e.g., economic status, marital quality) to the psychological well-being of children. However, few studies have validated these connections with respect to the Chinese population, especially those in rural areas of China plagued with unfavorable conditions such as poverty and lack of education. In this study, we investigated whether child (age, gender, and sibship size), and familial characteristics (family wealth, parental education, and marital quality) indirectly contribute to the children's psychological well-being (as indicated by their self-reported internalizing and externalizing problems) through their perceived parental warmth and parental punishment. Using structural equation modeling, we analyzed data collected from 2,000 children (ages 9-13) and their parents in rural China. The results reveal significant, indirect relationships from family wealth and marital quality to these children's externalizing problems through parental warmth and parental punishment. There are age and gender differences in the children's experiencing internalizing and externalizing problems. Gender differences are also found in their perceived parental warmth and parental punishment. Directions for future research are discussed.