Wang Liling, Chen I-Jun, Yang Mengping, Shi Ying, Song Yunping
School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Suzhou Early Childhood Education College, Suzhou, China.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Jan 11:332941241227161. doi: 10.1177/00332941241227161.
Given the current increases in the divorce rate and the number of single-parent families, the development of gender roles among children from single-parent families has received more and more attention. This study investigated how single parents influenced the formation of their children's gender roles and family-related factors that benefited the development of gender roles in single-parent children. Through in-depth interviews with 24 pairs of parents and children from single-parent families, we investigated single parents' and their children's cognition on gender roles, parents' parenting attitudes and behaviors during their children's gender role development, and communication and interaction between parents and children. Results showed intergenerational consistency in the gender role concepts of parents and their children in single-parent families. However, the children's gender role concepts were not completely and directly inherited from their parents, and could be affected by their subjective initiative. Additionally, single parenting did not necessarily negatively impact children's gender role development, which depends on their parent's parenting style. The study's limitations are discussed, and future directions for in-depth research are suggested.
鉴于当前离婚率上升以及单亲家庭数量增多，单亲家庭子女的性别角色发展受到了越来越多的关注。本研究调查了单亲父母如何影响其子女性别角色的形成，以及有利于单亲家庭子女性别角色发展的家庭相关因素。通过对24对单亲家庭的父母和子女进行深入访谈，我们调查了单亲父母及其子女对性别角色的认知、父母在子女性别角色发展过程中的养育态度和行为，以及父母与子女之间的沟通和互动。结果显示，单亲家庭中父母和子女的性别角色观念存在代际一致性。然而，子女的性别角色观念并非完全直接从父母那里继承而来，可能会受到其主观能动性的影响。此外，单亲养育不一定会对孩子的性别角色发展产生负面影响，这取决于其父母的养育方式。讨论了该研究的局限性，并提出了深入研究的未来方向。
