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- Title
A Descriptive Study on Parenting Behaviours in Urban China.
- Authors
Yan Wang
- Abstract
Using data collected from questionnaires by 905 parents of adolescents in Shanghai and Beijing, this study shows that great changes have taken place in Chinese parenting patterns. Urban Chinese parents tended to show a high level of concern over their single child's psychological development and physiological health. At the same time they usually would not indulge their children's material requirements. A semistructured interview with 60 parents indicated that only children in modern China tend to display some negative personal characteristics such as being too possessive and having too much self-concern. On the other hand, they also show a high level of outgoingness, self-confidence, and optimism. Finally, the ability of only children to take care of themselves and be independent still has much room for improvement.
- Subjects
SHANGHAI (China); BEIJING (China); CHINA; PARENT attitudes; PARENTING research; PARENT-teenager relationships; ADOLESCENT psychology; YOUTH physiology; SELF-confidence in adolescence
- Publication
Journal of Youth Studies (10297847), 2010, Vol 13, Issue 1, p120
- ISSN
1029-7847
- Publication type
Article