Research article summary (published 27 Feb 2006):

Authoritarian parenting in individualist and collectivist groups: Associations with maternal emotion and cognition and children's self-esteem.

Full Abstract

Mothers and children between the ages of 7 and 12, from individualist (Western European) and collectivist (Egyptian, Iranian, Indian, and Pakistani) backgrounds, completed assessments of children's self-esteem, maternal authoritarianism, and mothers' thoughts and feelings about their children. Collectivist mothers endorsed authoritarian parenting more than did individualist mothers but did not feel or think more negatively about their children, and collectivist children were not lower in self-esteem. Within both groups, maternal negative affect and cognition were associated with lower self-esteem in children. However, maternal authoritarianism was associated with maternal negative emotion and cognition only in the individualist group. The results suggest that maternal negative thoughts and feelings, associated with authoritarianism in individualist but not collectivist groups, may be more detrimental to children's self-esteem than is authoritarianism in and of itself. Copyright 2006 APA, all rights reserved.

Author information

Author/s: Rudy, Duane (D); Grusec, Joan E (JE);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. rudyd(-atsign-)missouri.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) (J Fam Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Mar; vol 20 (issue 1) : pp 68-78

Dates: Created 2006/03/29; Completed 2006/05/11; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16569091, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Affect Authoritarianism Child Child Behavior - psychology Cognition Cooperative Behavior Female

Female Humans Male Maternal Behavior - psychology Mothers - psychology Parenting Self Concept

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