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Emotion socialization practices in Italian and Hong Kong-Chinese mothers

Caterina Fiorilli; Simona De Stasio; Carlo Di Chicchio; Siu Mui Chan

Originally published 2015-12-07 · SpringerPlus
Springer · DOI 10.1186/s40064-015-1550-1 ↗

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How do cultural expectations shape responses to children’s emotions?

The paper examines cultural meaning in emotion-encouraging and emotion-dismissing responses, encouraging readers to interpret parenting measures in context.

Who was studied?

Seventy-one Italian and 71 Hong Kong-Chinese mothers

Age / stage: Children aged 6–9 years

Read with three questions

  1. What did the two-factor scale measure?
  2. Why could both coaching and dismissing scores be higher in the same sample?
  3. What can a small scale-validation comparison not show about child outcomes or whole cultures?

Keep the limits in view

The samples were small and mother-only, and relied on questionnaires. Scale-validation and group differences do not establish causal effects or represent all families in either setting.

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Caterina Fiorilli; Simona De Stasio; Carlo Di Chicchio; Siu Mui Chan (2015). Emotion socialization practices in Italian and Hong Kong-Chinese mothers SpringerPlus. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1550-1

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