TY - JOUR

T1 - Cultural Values and Parental Psychology: A Multilevel Analysis From the Joint Effort Toddler Temperament Consortium

AU - Sehic, Ela

AU - French, Brian F.

AU - Majdandžić, Mirjana

AU - Wang, Zhengyan

AU - Beijers, Roseriet

AU - de Weerth, Carolina

AU - Park, Seong Yeon

AU - Huitron, Blanca

AU - Ahmetoglu, Emine

AU - Benga, Oana

AU - Raikkonen, Katri

AU - Heinonen, Kati

AU - Gonzalez-Salinas, Carmen

AU - Slobodskaya, Helena

AU - Kozlova, Elena

AU - Linhares, Maria Beatriz Martins

AU - Lecannelier, Felipe

AU - Casalin, Sara

AU - Acar, Ibrahim

AU - Tuovinen, Soile

AU - Montirosso, Rosario

AU - Giusti, Lorenzo

AU - Han, Sae Young

AU - Lee, Eun Gyoung

AU - Putnam, Samuel

AU - Gartstein, Maria A.

PY - 2024/7/25

Y1 - 2024/7/25

N2 - The present study aims to gain a greater understanding of the manner in which culture may impact parenting and, thus, child development by examining the relationship between cultural values, socialization goals (SGs), and parental ethnotheories (PEs). Specifically, this study examined links between cultural value dimensions (i.e., individualism/collectivism, power distance, masculinity/femininity, uncertainty avoidance, indulgence/restraint, and long-term/short-term orientation; Hofstede et al., 2010) and autonomous as well as relational SGs and PEs. We examined data collected from mothers of toddlers (N = 865) between 17 and 40 months of age (M = 26.88 months, SD = 5.65 months; 52% boys) from 14 nations represented in the Joint Effort Toddler Temperament Consortium. We hypothesized that: (a) Cultural values consistent with independent cultural ideals would be positively associated with SGs and PEs representative of greater autonomy and independence, and (b) Cultural values consistent with interdependent ideals would be positively associated with SGs and PEs representative of greater interrelatedness. Multilevel modeling was used to regress parental psychology on Hofstede’s cultural values. Support for these hypotheses was somewhat mixed; higher ratings of culture-level indulgence were associated with higher autonomous PEs, as well as with higher relational and autonomous SGs. Furthermore, higher ratings of culture-level masculinity were associated with lower relational PEs and with lower autonomous SGs. The results suggest differences in the effects for cultural values associated with parenting versus cultural values associated with child outcomes and highlight considerations related to dichotomous cultural frameworks. The findings help explain both individual- and country-level variations in aspects of parental psychology.

AB - The present study aims to gain a greater understanding of the manner in which culture may impact parenting and, thus, child development by examining the relationship between cultural values, socialization goals (SGs), and parental ethnotheories (PEs). Specifically, this study examined links between cultural value dimensions (i.e., individualism/collectivism, power distance, masculinity/femininity, uncertainty avoidance, indulgence/restraint, and long-term/short-term orientation; Hofstede et al., 2010) and autonomous as well as relational SGs and PEs. We examined data collected from mothers of toddlers (N = 865) between 17 and 40 months of age (M = 26.88 months, SD = 5.65 months; 52% boys) from 14 nations represented in the Joint Effort Toddler Temperament Consortium. We hypothesized that: (a) Cultural values consistent with independent cultural ideals would be positively associated with SGs and PEs representative of greater autonomy and independence, and (b) Cultural values consistent with interdependent ideals would be positively associated with SGs and PEs representative of greater interrelatedness. Multilevel modeling was used to regress parental psychology on Hofstede’s cultural values. Support for these hypotheses was somewhat mixed; higher ratings of culture-level indulgence were associated with higher autonomous PEs, as well as with higher relational and autonomous SGs. Furthermore, higher ratings of culture-level masculinity were associated with lower relational PEs and with lower autonomous SGs. The results suggest differences in the effects for cultural values associated with parenting versus cultural values associated with child outcomes and highlight considerations related to dichotomous cultural frameworks. The findings help explain both individual- and country-level variations in aspects of parental psychology.

KW - child development

KW - cultural psychology

KW - family/child rearing

KW - parental psychology

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/230dc3aa-d684-36f3-b1be-0697bfd9c18c/

UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85202700731&origin=inward&txGid=e80fc8c91feac059cffeddbc3bba911a

U2 - 10.1037/fam0001221

DO - 10.1037/fam0001221

M3 - Article

C2 - 39052368

SP - 1017

EP - 1028

JO - Journal of Family Psychology

JF - Journal of Family Psychology

SN - 1939-1293

ER -