Hynie Michaela, Lalonde Robert N, Lee Nam S
Department of Psychology, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2006 Apr;12(2):230-44. doi: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.2.230.
Parent-child similarities in traditional mate preferences were examined in Chinese immigrants to North America. Adult children (n = 63) rated their preferred mate characteristics. Children then completed measures of interdependence, family allocentrism, Chinese identity, and Asian values. Their parents (n = 63) also rated their own preferences for their child's spouse and their own Asian values. Parents reported greater preference for traditional mate characteristics than did their children. Parents' preferences were related to parents' own Asian values. Children's traditional mate preferences were predicted by their parents' preferences and their own family allocentrism. Family allocentrism was a marginally significant partial mediator of parent's influence on children's preferences. Family connectedness may, therefore, facilitate intergenerational transmission of values in immigrant Asian families.
对北美华裔移民中亲子在传统择偶偏好方面的相似性进行了研究。成年子女(n = 63)对他们理想的配偶特征进行了评分。然后,子女完成了关于相互依赖、家庭中心主义、华裔身份认同和亚洲价值观的测量。他们的父母(n = 63)也对自己对子女配偶的偏好以及自己的亚洲价值观进行了评分。父母报告说,他们比子女更倾向于传统的配偶特征。父母的偏好与他们自己的亚洲价值观有关。父母的偏好和子女自身的家庭中心主义能够预测子女传统的择偶偏好。家庭中心主义在父母对子女偏好的影响中起到了微弱但显著的部分中介作用。因此,家庭联系可能有助于亚洲移民家庭中价值观的代际传递。