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The Relationship between Parenting Styles, Child's Gender, and Gender-Shift Use in Arabic Child-Directed Speech
Reem Khamis Dakwar1, Gubair Tarabeh2
1Long Island University, Brooklyn, USA.
Journal of Child Language
|December 2, 2024
Summary
This study found no link between child gender and gender-shifting in Arabic child-directed speech (CDS). However, gender-shifting in CDS was associated with permissive parenting styles, not authoritative ones.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Developmental Psychology
- Sociolinguistics
Background:
- Child-directed speech (CDS) is crucial for language acquisition.
- Gender-shifting in CDS, where caregivers alter speech to match or contrast child's gender, is a debated phenomenon.
- Research on CDS, particularly gender-shifting, in Arabic-speaking populations is limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between gender-shift in child-directed speech (CDS), child gender, and parenting styles among Arabic-speaking caregivers.
- To explore how parenting dimensions influence the use of gender-shifting in CDS.
Main Methods:
- A survey was administered to 180 Palestinian parents.
- Participants reported on their parenting styles and their use of gender-shift in relation to their child's gender.
- Statistical analyses were performed to assess correlations.
Main Results:
- No significant correlation was found between gender-shift in CDS and the child's gender.
- A positive association was observed between gender-shift and indulgence (permissive parenting).
- A negative correlation was found between gender-shift and autonomy granting, regulation, and warmth/support (authoritative parenting).
Conclusions:
- Parenting styles, particularly dimensions of permissive parenting, are associated with gender-shift in Arabic CDS.
- Broader parenting style categories may obscure nuanced relationships; detailed analysis of parenting dimensions is needed.
- Culturally and linguistically sensitive research approaches are vital for understanding under-examined areas like gender-shift in Arabic CDS.
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