Concerted Cultivation, Parent-Child Closeness, and Chinese Children’s School Readiness: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Moderation Model (Poster 8)

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Abstract

Drawing on ecological system and family system theories, we employed actor-partner interdependence moderation model to assess how one’s parent-child closeness interact with his/her own and spouse’s concerted cultivation impact children’s school readiness. Participants included 3191 Chinese preschoolers’ fathers and mothers and 148 teachers. Results revealed that paternal and maternal concerted cultivation positively linked with school readiness. Father-child closeness amplified associations between paternal concerted cultivation and school readiness, whereas mother-child closeness attenuated such relationships. Specifically, increased paternal concerted cultivation linked with better school readiness at higher levels of father-child closeness, while the positive associations between paternal concerted cultivation and school readiness were more pronounced at lower mother-child closeness. Paternal concerted cultivation was a protective factor for children suffering low mother-child closeness.

Authors

• Xiangying Ding, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Janet Tsin Yee Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Shuai Zhou, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University