Song Yunping, Yang Mengping, Chen I-Jun, Ponam Saba, Shi Ying
School of Education, Soochow University, Wenjing Road, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), Suzhou 215123, China.
Office of Academic Research, Suzhou Early Childhood Education College, Huayuan Road, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou 215123, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Jun 28;14(7):551. doi: 10.3390/bs14070551.
Family structures are diverse, with single-parent families being special. Single-parent families have garnered interest regarding their impact on their children's development in relation to gender roles and social adaptation. This study investigated 532 children from single-parent families (mean age = 14.81, SD = 1.62) and their parents. We collected data on the parental child-rearing gender role attitudes (PCGAs) of grandparents and parents, as well as the gender role and social adaptation of the children. The results revealed four intergenerational trends in PCGAs: progression between generations, undesirability in both generations, desirability in both generations, and retrogression between generations. An ANOVA showed that families with intergenerational desirability tended to have children with the highest gender role and social adaptation scores among the four intergenerational trends, while families with intergenerational undesirability had the lowest. A relative mediation analysis showed that compared to intergenerational undesirable PCGAs, intergenerational progress and intergenerational desirable PCGAs are beneficial for children's gender traits, and their social adaptation development is also better. The results confirm the positive effect of children's gender roles on their social adaptation, which suggests that parents should pay attention to children's gender role education, transform their PCGAs, and create a nurturing environment for children's gender role development.
家庭结构多种多样，单亲家庭较为特殊。单亲家庭对孩子在性别角色和社会适应方面的发展所产生的影响引发了人们的关注。本研究调查了532名来自单亲家庭的儿童（平均年龄 = 14.81，标准差 = 1.62）及其父母。我们收集了祖父母和父母的育儿性别角色态度（PCGA）数据，以及儿童的性别角色和社会适应情况。结果揭示了PCGA的四种代际趋势：代际进步、两代都不理想、两代都理想以及代际倒退。方差分析表明，在这四种代际趋势中，代际理想的家庭其孩子的性别角色和社会适应得分往往最高，而代际不理想的家庭得分最低。相对中介分析表明，与代际不理想的PCGA相比，代际进步和代际理想的PCGA对儿童的性别特质有益，他们的社会适应发展也更好。研究结果证实了儿童性别角色对其社会适应的积极影响，这表明父母应关注儿童的性别角色教育，转变自己的PCGA，并为儿童的性别角色发展创造有利环境。
