Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factors
IntroductionA smooth transition to primary school is positively related to children’s later school experience. Certain parental school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles, among other factors, contribute to the smoothness of this transition.MethodsTherefore, this study adopted a latent profile an...
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| description | IntroductionA smooth transition to primary school is positively related to children’s later school experience. Certain parental school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles, among other factors, contribute to the smoothness of this transition.MethodsTherefore, this study adopted a latent profile analysis to examine the patterns of Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and their parenting styles and investigated socioeconomic status (SES) differentials in both. Two-stage probability sampling method is adopted in this study and a total of 1,204 Chinese parents of 5- to 6 years-old children were investigated with school-readiness beliefs scale, Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire, as well as scale of attitudes regarding roles in school readiness All data analyses were processed in Mplus 8.6.Results and discussionThree profiles were identified: (1) supportive parenting with a very strong emphasis on school readiness; (2) partially supportive parenting with a reflection of school readiness; (3) weakly supportive parenting with no emphasis on school readiness. Higher SES was found to be more likely to be associated with membership in Profile 1 rather than Profile 2. The present study shows quantitative support for Anette Lareau’s work and has implications for the development of more targeted parental intervention programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae97a539e28c4b44b7cb0f664cf8c23c2024-01-09T04:27:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-01-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12791751279175Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factorsShujing CuiDavid GregerIntroductionA smooth transition to primary school is positively related to children’s later school experience. Certain parental school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles, among other factors, contribute to the smoothness of this transition.MethodsTherefore, this study adopted a latent profile analysis to examine the patterns of Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and their parenting styles and investigated socioeconomic status (SES) differentials in both. Two-stage probability sampling method is adopted in this study and a total of 1,204 Chinese parents of 5- to 6 years-old children were investigated with school-readiness beliefs scale, Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire, as well as scale of attitudes regarding roles in school readiness All data analyses were processed in Mplus 8.6.Results and discussionThree profiles were identified: (1) supportive parenting with a very strong emphasis on school readiness; (2) partially supportive parenting with a reflection of school readiness; (3) weakly supportive parenting with no emphasis on school readiness. Higher SES was found to be more likely to be associated with membership in Profile 1 rather than Profile 2. The present study shows quantitative support for Anette Lareau’s work and has implications for the development of more targeted parental intervention programs.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1279175/fullschool readinessparenting styleparents’ school-readiness beliefslatent profile analysissocioeconomic status (SES)COVID-19 study |
| spellingShingle | Shujing Cui David Greger Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factors Frontiers in Psychology school readiness parenting style parents’ school-readiness beliefs latent profile analysis socioeconomic status (SES) COVID-19 study |
| title | Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factors |
| title_full | Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factors |
| title_fullStr | Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factors |
| title_short | Chinese parents’ school-readiness beliefs and parenting styles: patterns and associated factors |
| title_sort | chinese parents school readiness beliefs and parenting styles patterns and associated factors |
| topic | school readiness parenting style parents’ school-readiness beliefs latent profile analysis socioeconomic status (SES) COVID-19 study |
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