Relations among acculturation, parenting and depressive symptoms for immigrant Chinese mothers and fathers

dc.contributor.authorKoryzma, Céline Marion
dc.contributor.supervisorCostigan, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-26T23:06:37Z
dc.date.available2010-02-26T23:06:37Z
dc.date.copyright2006en
dc.date.issued2010-02-26T23:06:37Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Psychologyen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en
dc.description.abstractThe relations among acculturation, parenting and depressive symptoms were examined among 98 immigrant Chinese mothers and fathers with early adolescents in Canada. Parents completed measures assessing their involvement in Canadian and Chinese culture, their symptoms of depression, and their parenting practices (i.e., expressive warmth, firm control, Chinese parenting beliefs and restrictive control). Greater Canadian orientation was associated with more expressive warmth and firm control for parents, whereas greater Chinese orientation was associated with stronger Chinese parenting beliefs. Greater Canadian orientation was associated with fewer depressive symptoms for all mothers, and for fathers who were low in Chinese orientation. Symptoms of depression were negatively related to firm control and expressive warmth for parents, and positively related to restrictive control for fathers. Finally, symptoms of depression partially mediated the relation between Canadian orientation and firm control for mothers, as well as the relation between Canadian orientation and expressive warmth for fathers.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/2284
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectparent and childen
dc.subjectcultural assimilationen
dc.subjectChineseen
dc.subjectCanadaen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Psychologyen
dc.titleRelations among acculturation, parenting and depressive symptoms for immigrant Chinese mothers and fathersen
dc.typeThesisen

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