3-122 - Socialization of Cognitive and Socioemotional Development Across Cultures

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Family socialization is known to have an important influence on early childhood development (Velez-Agosto, Soto-Crespo, Vizcarrondo-Oppenheimer, Vega-Molina, & Coll, 2017). Socialization patterns encompass parenting practices, beliefs, and expectations about children’s behavior, and may vary based on parents’ ethnicity and culture, in shaping the development of children’s cognitive and socioemotional development (Chen & Rubin, 2011). Given the importance of culture, it is necessary to take within group approaches that examine how socialization functions within racial and ethnic groups. This paper symposium addresses family socialization processes across Asian, Black, and Latino ethnicities, and how these processes uniquely shape cognitive and socioemotional development from early childhood through late adolescence. The first paper addresses variation in self-regulation development from kindergarten to second grade as shaped by parental supports and values in Black and White children. The second paper examines how maternal support influences the role of childhood self-control in predicting social, school, and psychological outcomes in early adulthood in China. The third paper investigates how familism values among Mexican-origin siblings predict their support of younger siblings in science, as well as how older siblings’ familism values moderate the relation between sibling support and younger siblings’ science motivation. Ultimately, maternal and sibling supports as well as structured academic activities facilitate cognitive and socioemotional development of Latinx, Chinese, and Black children when informed by their respective cultural value systems. By understanding how family socialization relates to children’s cognitive and socioemotional outcomes across a range of cultures, we may better support children from diverse backgrounds.

Sub Unit

• Race, Ethnicity, Culture, Context

Chairs

• Tatiana Yasmeen Hill, University of Virginia

• Natalia Palacios, University of Virginia

Individual Presentations

• Family Socialization in Black and White Families in Relation to the Development of Self-Regulation - Presenting Author: Tatiana Yasmeen Hill, University of Virginia; Non-Presenting Author: Natalia Palacios, University of Virginia

• Childhood Self-Control and Adjustment in Early Adulthood: The Contribution of Maternal Support - Presenting Author: Rui Fu, University of Pennsylvania; Non-Presenting Author: Xinyin Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Non-Presenting Author: Dan Li, Shanghai Normal University; Non-Presenting Author: Li Wang, Peking University

• The Role of Siblings and Familism Values in the Science Motivation of Mexican-Origin Adolescents - Presenting Author: Kayla Puente, University of California, Irvine; Non-Presenting Author: Sandy Simpkins, University of California, Irvine