TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Implications of Chinese and American mothers' goals for children's emotional distress
JO  - Developmental psychology
A1  - Ng, Janice
A1  - Xiong, Yu
A1  - Qu, Yang
A1  - Cheung, Cecilia
A1  - Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin
A1  - Wang, Meifang
A1  - Pomerantz, Eva M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This research examined a cultural socialization model in which differences in Chinese and American parents' goals for children foster differences in children's emotional distress via parents' responses to children's performance. Chinese and American mothers and their children (N = 397; M<sub>age</sub> = 13.19 years) participated in a 2-wave study spanning a year. Mothers reported on their self-improvement (i.e., children striving to improve) and self-worth (i.e., children feeling worthy) goals, as well as responses to children's performance. Children reported on their emotional distress (e.g., anxiety and depression). Chinese (vs. American) mothers' greater endorsement of self-improvement goals predicted their more frequent use of failure-oriented responses (e.g., highlighting children's mistakes), which accounted for Chinese (vs. American) children's heightened emotional distress over time. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0012-1649
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000834
ID  - ref1
ER  -