Parenting Across Continents: Linkages, Pathways and Trajectories

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Abstract

How to parent children is implicitly and explicitly universally defined by parent’s decision-making regarding what is best for their children; decisions that are critical for children’s development (Lansford et al., 2018; Rubin & Chung, 2013). Parenting is culturally constructed and these influences contribute to parental approaches and strategies in daily interactions; children’s experiences with their parents within a cultural context vary across countries, that in turn leads to differential outcomes in developmental pathways in children (Wilcox & Kline, 2013). In an effort to shed light on parenting from a cross-cultural perspective, this symposium addresses these issues while discussing both longitudinal and prospective research studies examining parenting approaches. Accordingly, four empirical studies addressing associations of parenting and developmental outcomes will be discussed. Paper # 1 examined determinants (child and parent characteristics, relational and contextual factors) of mother and father parenting stress in Korean families. Paper #2 explored the dyadic and longitudinal processes of mother-child and father-child supportive and intrusive interactions, and children’s subsequent outcomes of regulatory skills and school readiness from the Early Head Start Research participants. Paper #3 investigated the influences of the quantity and quality of fathers’ involvement on long-term physiological and behavioral consequences in children using the Oregon Youth Study. Paper #4 compared Spanish-speaking and English-speaking parents in Latinx families in searching for associations of parent food-related behaviors (controlling, warmth, irritability) and subsequent child dietary behavior quality. Together, these papers explore cultural roles and dynamic processes that guide parental involvement and impact varying developmental outcomes and caregiver environments.

Sub Unit

• Parenting & Parent-Child Relationships

Chair

• Ann M Mastergeorge, Texas Tech University

Individual Presentations

• Determinants of Dual Trajectories of Korean Mother and Father Parenting - Presenting Author: SuJung Park, Texas Tech University; Non-Presenting Author: Wonjung Oh, Texas Tech University; Non-Presenting Author: Yunhee Kim, Yonsei University; Non-Presenting Author: Hyoun K. Kim, Yonsei University; Non-Presenting Author: Ann M Mastergeorge, Texas Tech University

• Mother and Father Support and Intrusiveness on School Readiness among Children in Low-Income Families - Presenting Author: Wonjung Oh, Texas Tech University; Non-Presenting Author: Hyoun K. Kim, Yonsei University; Non-Presenting Author: SuJung Park, Texas Tech University; Non-Presenting Author: Ann M Mastergeorge, Texas Tech University; Non-Presenting Author: Lori A Roggman

• Paternal Involvement and Its Long-term Effects on Sons’ Stress Regulation System - Presenting Author: Jieun Choi, Yonsei University; Non-Presenting Author: Hyoun K. Kim, Yonsei University; Non-Presenting Author: Deborah M Capaldi, Oregon Social Learning Center; Non-Presenting Author: James Josh Snodgrass, University of Oregon

• Food Parenting Practices in Latinx Families - Presenting Author: Lenna L Ontai, University of California - Davis; Non-Presenting Author: Jing Li, University of California - Davis; Non-Presenting Author: Karina Rios, University of California, Merced; Non-Presenting Author: Mical Shilts, California State University, Sacramento; Non-Presenting Author: Louise Lanoue, University of California, Davis; Non-Presenting Author: Marilyn Townsend, University of California, Davis