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The Mediational Role of Parenting in the Relationship between Family Poverty and Social-Emotional Competence in Chinese Adolescents

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  • Alex Yue Feng Zhu

    (Lingnan University (Hong Kong))

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Parents play irreplaceable roles in the shaping of social-emotional competence in adolescents, particularly in economically disadvantaged families. By surveying a sample of 965 adolescents from Hong Kong, China, we found that the associations between parenting behaviors and the social-emotional competence of their children varied by gender; that is, the associations between parenting behaviors and the social-emotional competence of female were much stronger as opposed to male students. Specifically, the magnitude of the positive association between positive parenting behaviors and social-emotional competence in female adolescents was larger than that in male adolescents. Similarly, the magnitude of the negative association between negative parenting behaviors and social-emotional competence among female adolescents was also larger than that of male adolescents. This difference can be explained by different interpretations of social-emotional competence, along with different opportunities for social practice across genders in communities based on traditional Chinese culture.

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  • Alex Yue Feng Zhu, 2019. "The Mediational Role of Parenting in the Relationship between Family Poverty and Social-Emotional Competence in Chinese Adolescents," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 12(5), pages 1759-1780, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:12:y:2019:i:5:d:10.1007_s12187-018-9609-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-018-9609-5
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    1. Dougherty, Danielle & Sharkey, Jill, 2017. "Reconnecting Youth: Promoting emotional competence and social support to improve academic achievement," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 28-34.
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