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The Effects of Chinese Parenting Belief on Preschoolers' Temperament and Secure Attachment

Chung Chin Wu1

  • 1Department of Early Childhood Education, National Pingtung University, Pingtung 900391, Taiwan.

Children (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 21, 2023
PubMed

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Chinese parenting beliefs significantly influence preschoolers' temperament and secure attachment. Only Jiao beliefs positively impacted development, while Achievement beliefs were detrimental to secure attachment.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Child Psychology
  • Parenting Studies

Background:

  • Previous research on parenting beliefs, preschooler temperament, and secure attachment yielded inconsistent findings.
  • A need exists to clarify the specific impacts of diverse Chinese parenting beliefs on child development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the construct validity of Chinese parenting beliefs, preschooler temperament, and secure attachment.
  • To investigate the effects of specific Chinese parenting beliefs (Guan, Jiao, Achievement, Chi) on preschooler temperament and secure attachment.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 2164 parents of three-year-old preschoolers in the National Longitudinal Study of Child Development and Care.
  • Employed confirmatory factor analysis to establish construct validity.
  • Applied structural equation modeling to analyze the causal relationships between parenting beliefs and child outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Confirmatory factor analysis supported the construct validity of Chinese parenting beliefs (Guan, Jiao, Achievement, Chi), preschooler temperament (extraversion, effortful control, negative affect), and secure attachment.
  • Jiao belief positively influenced extraversion, effortful control, negative affect, and secure attachment.
  • Achievement belief negatively impacted secure attachment, while Chi belief increased negative affect; Guan belief showed no significant effects.

Conclusions:

  • Parenting beliefs, particularly Jiao and Achievement, play a significant role in shaping preschooler temperament and secure attachment.
  • The findings highlight the differential impact of various parenting belief dimensions on child development.
  • Interventions targeting parenting beliefs may be beneficial for promoting positive child development outcomes.

Keywords:
Chineseparenting beliefpreschoolers’ temperamentsecure attachment

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