Korean American maternal acceptance-rejection, acculturation, and children's social competence.
The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between maternal acceptance-rejection and children's social competence and the role that maternal acculturation (ie, American orientation, Korean orientation) played in this relationship in a sample of 53 Korean American mothers. Self-report data were analyzed using Pearson correlations and multiple hierarchical regressions. Low maternal acceptance-rejection was positively related to children's low social competence. Mothers' American orientation had a moderating effect on the relationship between maternal acceptance-rejection and children's social competence. Findings indicate the importance of providing parenting guidelines to mothers who are low on both acceptance-rejection and American orientation.
Kim
Eunjung
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Department of Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. eunjungk@u.washington.edu
Han
Geunhye
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McCubbin
Marilyn A
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D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000208:ethnology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D015205:Northwestern United States; D015399:Nursing Research; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires