Abstract
Parents play irreplaceable roles in the shaping of social-emotional competence in adolescents, particularly in economically disadvantaged families. By surveying a sample of 965 adolescents from Hong Kong, China, we found that the associations between parenting behaviors and the social-emotional competence of their children varied by gender; that is, the associations between parenting behaviors and the social-emotional competence of female were much stronger as opposed to male students. Specifically, the magnitude of the positive association between positive parenting behaviors and social-emotional competence in female adolescents was larger than that in male adolescents. Similarly, the magnitude of the negative association between negative parenting behaviors and social-emotional competence among female adolescents was also larger than that of male adolescents. This difference can be explained by different interpretations of social-emotional competence, along with different opportunities for social practice across genders in communities based on traditional Chinese culture.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1759-1780 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Child Indicators Research |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 24 Nov 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2019 |
Bibliographical note
This study was funded by grants from the Research Grant Council Strategic Public Policy Research (HKIEd 7001-SPPR-11).Keywords
- Chinese adolescents
- Cultural differences
- Parenting behaviors
- Social-emotional competence