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Original Articles

The Relationship Between Parenting Behaviour and Ethnic Identity in Chinese-American and Chinese-Australian Adolescents

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Pages 19-31 | Received 01 Oct 1990, Published online: 24 Sep 2007
 

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between four types of parenting behaviour—warmth, control, monitoring, and autonomy-promoting—and two components of ethnic identity—ethnic behaviours/knowledge and ethnic pride—in first- and second-generation Chinese-American and Chinese-Australian high school students. As hypothesized, parenting behaviours did not predict levels of ethnic behaviour/knowledge, but ethnic pride was associated with family environments characterized as warm. controlling, and autonomy-promoting. Neither gender of respondent nor geographical location (United States or Australia) added significantly to the variance in ethnic identity. The study indicates that parenting practices contribute significantly to adolescents' sense of pride and positive evaluation of their ethnic heritage.

Cette étude avait pour but de déterminer les relations entre quatre types de comportement parental—la chaleur, le contrôle, la surveillance et la promotion de l'autonomie—et deux composantes de l'identité ethnique—connaissance/comportements ethniques et fierté ethnique—chez des étudiants de niveau secondaire d'origine Chinoise-Américaine et Chinoise-Australienne (première et deuxième génération). Tel que prévu, les comportements parentaux n'ont pas permis de prcdire les niveaux de connaissancc/comportements ethniques, mais la fierté ethnique était associée avec des milieux familiaux caractériés par la chaleur, le contrôle et la promotion de l'autonornie. Le sexe du sujet et la localisation géographique (Etats-Unis ou Australie) n'ont rien ajouté de significatif à la variance pour ce qui est de l'identité ethnique. Cette étude indique que les pratiques parentales contribuent significativement au sentiment de fierté de l'adolescent et à l'évaluation positive de son héritage ethnique.

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