Chen Stephen H, Zhou Qing
Wellesley College.
University of California, Berkeley.
J Cross Cult Psychol. 2019 Apr;50(3):381-395. doi: 10.1177/0022022118817653. Epub 2018 Dec 20.
Cultural values and social status are two salient factors in the psychological experiences of immigrant families, and both have been associated with immigrant parents' patterns of emotional expression in previous studies. The present study examined how endorsement of cultural values (collectivism and conformity) and social status were uniquely associated with immigrant parents' emotional expressivity in the family. First-generation Chinese American immigrant parents ( 239, 80% mothers; = 41.31 years old) of elementary-age children reported on their endorsement of values of collectivism and conformity, their patterns of emotional expressivity in the family context, and their family income and education levels. Path analyses indicated unique positive associations between family income and all domains of parents' emotional expressivity and negative associations between family income and parents' endorsement of collectivism and conformity. Parents' endorsement of collectivism was negatively associated with negative-dominant expressivity. We discuss implications of our findings for theories of culture and emotion, as well as for future intersectional approaches with Asian American populations.
文化价值观和社会地位是移民家庭心理体验中的两个显著因素，在以往研究中，二者都与移民父母的情感表达模式相关。本研究考察了文化价值观（集体主义和从众性）的认同以及社会地位如何与移民父母在家庭中的情感表达能力独特地联系在一起。第一代美籍华裔移民父母（239人，80%为母亲；平均年龄41.31岁），其子女处于小学年龄段，他们报告了自己对集体主义和从众性价值观的认同、在家庭环境中的情感表达模式以及家庭收入和教育水平。路径分析表明，家庭收入与父母情感表达的所有领域之间存在独特的正相关，而家庭收入与父母对集体主义和从众性的认同之间存在负相关。父母对集体主义的认同与消极主导型表达呈负相关。我们讨论了研究结果对文化与情感理论的意义，以及对未来与亚裔美国人群体的交叉研究方法的意义。
