Cross-Culture Study of the Relationship Between Maternal Parenting Style and High School Achievement and Self-Esteem

• In Event: 33.029 - Correlates of Academic Achievement

Abstract

This study investigated country differences in the relationship between maternal parenting styles and high school achievement and self-esteem. 634 undergraduate students (China 207, Turkey 196, USA 231) completed Buri's Parent Authority Questionnaire, Rosenberg's self-esteem scale, and reported their high school achievement. Results shown country differences in the prevalence of three maternal parenting styles, and some differences in the way each parenting style related to student outcomes. In particular, the Chinese mothers were the most authoritative, and were the only group for whom authoritarian parenting was negatively associated with achievement. Moreover, some novel findings from Turkey suggest the advantages of studying parenting in a wider range of countries to reveal the variety of family processes that contribute to positive child development.

Authors

• Shuyi Guan, University at Albany - SUNY

• Hamide Gozu, University at Albany - SUNY

• Ji Eun Lee, University at Albany - SUNY

• Stella (Xian) Li, University at Albany - SUNY

• Yuriko Sasaki, University at Albany - SUNY

• Joan Newman, University at Albany - SUNY