Parenting Culture(s): Ideal-Parent Beliefs Across 37 Countries

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Vol/Iss. 54(1) Sage Journals Published In Pages: 4-24
By Lin, Gao-Xian, Mikolajczak, Moïra, Keller, Heidi, Akgun, Ege, Arikan, Gizem, Aunola, Kaisa, Barham, Elizabeth, Besson, Elaine, Blanchard, M. Annelise, Boujut, Emilie, Brianda, Maria Elena, Brytek-Matera, Anna, César, Filipa, Chen, Bin-Bin, Dorard, Géraldine, Dos Santos Elias, Luciana Carla, Dunsmuir, Sandra, Egorova, Natalia, Escobar, Maria Josefina, Favez, Nicolas, Fontaine, Anne Marie, Foran, Heather, Furutani, Kaichiro, Gannagé, Myrna, Gaspar, Maria, Godbout, Lucie, Goldenberg, Amit, Gross, James J., Gurza, Maria Ancuta, Hatta, Ogma, Heeren, Alexandre, Helmy, Mai, Huynh, Mai-Trang, Kaneza, Emérence, Kawamoto, Taishi, Kellou, Nassima, Kpassagou, Bassantéa Lodegaèna, Lazarevic, Ljiljana, Le Vigouroux, Sarah, Lebert-Charron, Astrid, Leme, Vanessa, MacCann, Carolyn, Manrique-Millones, Denisse, Medjahdi, Oussama, Millones Rivalles, Rosa Bertha, Miranda Orrego, María Isabel, Miscioscia, Marina, Mousavi, Seyyedeh Fatemeh, Moutassem-Mimouni, Badra, Murphy, Hugh, Ndayizigiye, Alexis, Ngnombouowo, Tenke Josué, Olderbak, Sally, Ornawka, Sophie, Oyarce Cádiz, Daniela

Hypothesis

Education impacts the perception of ideal parenting behavior cross-culturally.

Note

Some differences were found between educational levels within cultural groups, but a cross-cultural trend was not observed.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Semantic network analysesNot supportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Ideal parenting behaviorDependentSocialization
Educational levelIndependentEducation