Intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single-parent families
Abstract Background The development of children’s gender roles in single-parent families is worthy of attention. It may be affected by family members’ gender roles and parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes (PCGA). PCGA will form a consistent or inconsistent intergenerational relationship betw...
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| description | Abstract Background The development of children’s gender roles in single-parent families is worthy of attention. It may be affected by family members’ gender roles and parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes (PCGA). PCGA will form a consistent or inconsistent intergenerational relationship between parents and children. Objective This study examined the intergenerational similarities in gender roles and PCGA. Also, the intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes (ITPCGA) in single-parent families, and the impact of various family factors on children’s gender roles were comprehensively considered. Method Participants were 550 single-parent parent-adolescent dyads. The Gender-role Scale and the Parental Child-rearing Gender-role Attitude Scale were used to evaluate participants’ gender-role and PCGA. Chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses were used to examine the intergenerational similarities in gender roles and PCGA, and the influencing family factors of ITPCGA and children’s gender roles. Results The intergenerational similarities of gender role types and PCGA types existed. Both parents’ gender roles and family gender pairs affected ITPCGA, father-daughter families and parents’ undifferentiated and sex-typed gender roles significantly predicted undesirable ITPCGA. Family gender pair, parent’s gender roles and ITPCGA types affected children’s gender roles. Undesirable ITPCGA significantly predicted children’s undifferentiated gender roles; father-daughter families and mother-son families, parents’ undifferentiated and sex-typed gender roles significantly predicted children’s sex-typed gender roles, and mother-son families and parents’ reversed gender roles significantly predicted children’s reversed gender role. Conclusions This study highlights the effects of single-parent family gender pairs and parents’ gender roles on ITPCGA, which influences the development of children’s gender roles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-efff7e81d3114570a077d60b4ddda4462024-03-05T20:45:31ZengBMCBMC Psychology2050-72832024-02-0112111410.1186/s40359-024-01594-zIntergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single-parent familiesI-Jun Chen0Xiaoxiao Wang1Zhiyin Sun2Panlin Tang3Peiyi Chen4School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP)School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP)School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP)School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP)School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP)Abstract Background The development of children’s gender roles in single-parent families is worthy of attention. It may be affected by family members’ gender roles and parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes (PCGA). PCGA will form a consistent or inconsistent intergenerational relationship between parents and children. Objective This study examined the intergenerational similarities in gender roles and PCGA. Also, the intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes (ITPCGA) in single-parent families, and the impact of various family factors on children’s gender roles were comprehensively considered. Method Participants were 550 single-parent parent-adolescent dyads. The Gender-role Scale and the Parental Child-rearing Gender-role Attitude Scale were used to evaluate participants’ gender-role and PCGA. Chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses were used to examine the intergenerational similarities in gender roles and PCGA, and the influencing family factors of ITPCGA and children’s gender roles. Results The intergenerational similarities of gender role types and PCGA types existed. Both parents’ gender roles and family gender pairs affected ITPCGA, father-daughter families and parents’ undifferentiated and sex-typed gender roles significantly predicted undesirable ITPCGA. Family gender pair, parent’s gender roles and ITPCGA types affected children’s gender roles. Undesirable ITPCGA significantly predicted children’s undifferentiated gender roles; father-daughter families and mother-son families, parents’ undifferentiated and sex-typed gender roles significantly predicted children’s sex-typed gender roles, and mother-son families and parents’ reversed gender roles significantly predicted children’s reversed gender role. Conclusions This study highlights the effects of single-parent family gender pairs and parents’ gender roles on ITPCGA, which influences the development of children’s gender roles.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01594-zSingle-parent familyParental child-rearing gender-role attitudeIntergenerational transmissionGender role |
| spellingShingle | I-Jun Chen Xiaoxiao Wang Zhiyin Sun Panlin Tang Peiyi Chen Intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single-parent families BMC Psychology Single-parent family Parental child-rearing gender-role attitude Intergenerational transmission Gender role |
| title | Intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single-parent families |
| title_full | Intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single-parent families |
| title_fullStr | Intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single-parent families |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single-parent families |
| title_short | Intergenerational transmission of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single-parent families |
| title_sort | intergenerational transmission of parental child rearing gender role attitudes and its influence on gender roles in single parent families |
| topic | Single-parent family Parental child-rearing gender-role attitude Intergenerational transmission Gender role |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01594-z |
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