Individualism, collectivism and conformity in nine countries: Relations with parenting and child adjustment.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated how individualism, collectivism and conformity are associated with parenting and child adjustment in 1297 families with 10-year-old children from 13 cultural groups in nine countries. With multilevel models disaggregating between- and within-culture effects, we examined between- and within-culture associations between maternal and paternal cultural values, parenting dimensions and children's adjustment. Mothers from cultures endorsing higher collectivism and fathers from cultures endorsing lower individualism engage more frequently in warm parenting behaviours. Mothers and fathers with higher-than-average collectivism in their culture reported higher parent warmth and expectations for children's family obligations. Mothers with higher-than-average collectivism in th

SUBMITTER: Gorla L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11257795 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature