Cultural Perspectives on Parenting

2021 ◽  
pp. 96-114
Author(s):  
Judi Mesman ◽  
Rosanneke A. G. Emmen
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Appropriate Behavior ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
The World ◽  
Majority Groups

This chapter focuses on cultural influences on parenting, examining patterns across countries, but also within countries in different ethnic groups. Whereas forms vary, two broad functions of parenting practices can be consistently identified across cultural contexts: establishing a relational bond providing safety and security in infancy (commonly referred to as attachment), and transmitting culturally appropriate behavior, knowledge, and skills throughout the childhood years. The chapter then looks at the role of culture in ethnic minority parenting, which has unique features that are different from those in ethnic majority groups. It concludes by reflecting on the state of the research field of culture and parenting, and directions for the future. Given the high cultural diversity in many urban regions in the world where professionals deal with families from all over the world, and the frequent “export” of parenting interventions from the West to other parts of the world, the field would benefit enormously from investing in mixed-methods studies examining these processes in situations where cultures meet, and where it is not immediately clear which cultural norms should prevail.

scholarly journals SOCIAL ANXIETY IN CHILDREN: EXPLORING INSECURE ATTACHMENT AND PARENTAL BEHAVIORS IN THE CONSTELLATION OF SOCIETAL AND CULTURAL MODERATORS

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-60
Author(s):  
Lotem KAROLINSKY
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Parental Behaviors ◽  
Cultural Variables ◽  
Extensive Body

The associations between insecure attachment, negative parental behaviors, and social anxiety in childhood and adolescence have long been established theoretically and documented by empirical research. Still, it is clear that those associations operate through various moderators that should be addressed, among which are societal, economical, and cultural variables whose effect can be neither ignored nor overlooked. The vicissitudes of individual psychological development are shaped by environments, both physical and symbolic, in which those individuals are embedded: indeed, the cross-cultural studies that compared between Western and non-Western samples consistently reveal interrelatedness between secure/insecure attachments, parenting practices, and socioeconomic and cultural influences. In the light of the above, the present article addresses the interplay between insecure attachment, parental behaviors, and social anxiety in children as a multi-layered constellation of risk-factors which are informed by the broad network of socioeconomic and cultural dimensions. The integrative review of extensive body of literature demonstrates that this constellation cannot be complete without elucidating the role of fathers in parenting that may contribute to developing social anxiety, as well as without taking into consideration characteristics of cultures and society which shape and inform both parental practices and their perceptions.

scholarly journals The Role of Culture in Creative Cognition

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela K.-Y. Leung ◽  
Brandon Koh
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Creative Cognition ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Different Cultures

In this chapter, we propose the complementary model of culture and creativity (CMCC) to account for three pairs of contrasting forces that characterize the manners in which individuals manage their cultural experiences and that produce impacts on creative pursuits. We theorize three bidimensional psychological processes that explain the effects of culture on creativity: (a) stereotyping versus destabilizing cultural norms, (b) fixating on one cultural mindset versus alternating between cultural frames, and (c) distancing from versus integrating cultures. We contend that a broader and diversifying cultural experience offers an impetus to break down cultural confines, to oscillate between a variety of cultural perspectives, and to synthesize a multitude of ideas from different cultures, which can bring about discernible enduring benefits to creativity. We discuss the CMCC by putting it in the perspective of the state-of-the-art empirical findings on culture and creativity.

Issues of clinical and cultural competence in Caribbean migrants

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick W. Hickling ◽  
Vanessa Paisley
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Language Differences ◽  
Therapeutic Experience ◽  
The World ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Very High

The level of out-migration from the Caribbean is very high, with migration of tertiary-level educated populations from Caribbean countries being the highest in the world. Many clinicians in receiving countries have had limited diagnostic and therapeutic experience with Caribbean migrants, resulting in diagnostic and therapeutic controversies. There is an urgent need for better understanding of these cultural differences. The paper explores issues of clinical and cultural competence relevant to assessing, diagnosing, and treating Caribbean migrants with a focus on three areas: cultural influences on illness phenomenology; the role of language differences in clinical misunderstandings; and the complexities of culture and migration. Clinical issues are illustrated with case studies culled from four decades of clinical experience of the first author, an African Jamaican psychiatrist who has worked in the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and New Zealand.

scholarly journals Women as Drivers for a Sustainable and Social Inclusive Development in Mountain Regions – The Case of the Austrian Alps

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 808-821
Author(s):  
Theresia Oedl-Wieser
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Mountain Regions ◽  
The World

Abstract Women in mountain regions play an important role regarding the agricultural production and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. Furthermore, they are active in climate change adaption and preservation of biodiversity. Despite these important activities and performances the vital role of women for a sustainable and social inclusive development in mountain regions is often invisible and not appreciated enough in society. There still exists structural discrimination of women which is caused by patriarchal societies, social and cultural norms as well as difficult economic situations. Considering the need to foster the dynamic and sustainable development of mountain regions all over the world, it is of paramount importance to reflect and integrate women’s issues, problems and needs to a larger extent in research, public policy and in worldwide decision-making agendas.

Building on What They Bring

2014 ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Anita Bright ◽  
Michael Ames Connor
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Mathematics Instruction ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
The World ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teachers

As each child arrives in school with a series of family-provided and possibly previous-schooling-provided memories and experiences to draw from, culturally responsive teachers probe, learn about, and build upon these opportunities. With a focus on ways to best tailor instruction to capitalize upon the strengths each child brings to the classroom, this chapter explores some of the ways cultural norms around mathematics may shape a young child’s early mathematical experiences in a U.S.-based school setting. Additionally, this chapter includes a focus on the key role of families and ways culturally mediated beliefs about the role of the teacher and learner influence mathematics instruction. Further, this chapter touches upon several specific mathematical examples that differ around the world.

The Global Spread of Football

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Transfer ◽  
Association Football ◽  
Transnational Communities ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Spread ◽  
Late Nineteenth

This chapter offers new ways of conceptualizing the spread of association football across the world from the late nineteenth century. It rejects “diffusion,” a term that implies a unidirectional and uncomplicated journey and disregards the bumps and barriers that football faced and the twisted routes it actually took. Drawing instead on notions of cultural transfer, exchange, and circulation and using examples from Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia, it argues that the spread of the game was frequently the result of a range of cross-cultural influences. Critiquing the assumed primacy of the British in existing accounts, this chapter also stresses the role of mobile individuals and groups and members of migrant or transnational communities in spreading the game. It suggests that the numerous and contorted paths along which the game traveled complicates the linear explanations of diffusion that have dominated nation-based histories.

scholarly journals When Parents Go Shopping: Perspectives on Gender-Typed Toys among Polish Mothers and Fathers from Big Cities

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 744
Author(s):  
Kornelia Lipowska ◽  
Ariadna Beata Łada-Maśko
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
The World ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
Gender Categories ◽  
Societal Expectations

Children learn to understand gender categories and roles typical for women and men from the earliest stages of their life. Toys, by which they are surrounded in everyday routine, may have a significant role in their knowledge of cultural norms and societal expectations, but also might have a great impact on children’s health in the context of psychosocial development. Parental attitudes can also be an important moderator of the choice of gender-stereotyped toys. The aim of the study was to investigate parents’ perspectives on toys’ appropriateness for children according to gender, and to analyze parents’ knowledge about the labeling of toys in shops. In total, 526 parents from big cities participated in the study; to assess parental knowledge and perspectives on toys’ categorization, The World of Toys questionnaire was used. The results indicated that most parents from big cities observe that toys are arranged according to the child’s age and sex and the toys’ functionality. Moreover, in parents’ opinion, the compliance with the role of a woman or man affects categorization the most. Furthermore, both parents tended to attribute toys to both sexes more often than they believe the stores do. To conclude, despite the still visible division of toys in shops, Polish parents from big cities are more liberal and egalitarian than shops are when it comes to the perception of toys’ appropriateness, allowing children to play with most toys regardless of their sex.

Transnational Diffusion and Regional Resistance: Domestic LGBT Association Founding, 1979–2009

Social Forces ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara Gonsalves
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
World Society ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
International Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Cultural Diffusion ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Effect

Abstract In recent decades, scholars of world cultural diffusion have begun to examine the structure of the world society itself, finding evidence of regionalization within the network of international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs). There is little research, however, on how the structure of world society shapes processes of transnational diffusion. In this paper, I propose that the regionalization of world society, measured through INGO membership composition, structures the transnational diffusion of cultural norms like LGBT associations. Analyzing an original, comprehensive dataset of 3,141 domestic, voluntary LGBT associations founded between 1979 and 2009, I find that countries embedded in anti-LGBT regions are more resistant to the diffusion of domestic LGBT associations. I further find that the negative effect of embeddedness in anti-LGBT regions on domestic LGBT association founding is weakened by dependence on Western foreign aid. The findings highlight the importance of examining the composition of INGOs as well as attending to the role of regional culture in studies of transnational diffusion.

scholarly journals Language Style of Beauty and Kencana Wungu's Position in Damarwulan Manuscript (Ethnolinguistic)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-25
Author(s):  
Respati Retno Utami ◽  
Tri Edliani Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Language Style ◽  
Interesting Part ◽  
The World ◽  
Ancient Manuscripts ◽  
Language Styles

The purpose of this study was to analyze the style of language about the portrayal of female characters in Damarwulan Manuscript, namely Kencana Wungu queen. The position of women in Serat (Manuscript) Damarwulan is a very interesting part. Kencanawungu figure is a woman who is able to have power, different from the role of women found in other classical texts that only make women as Queen/king. The style of language used to describe the figure of Kencana Wungu who has the highest beauty and position is to use a panyandra (language style). Women actually have power like two blades. Women are able to destroy the world of men, but on the contrary women can also reassure the world. The study used to analyze the style of language about beauty and also the position of Kencana Wungu in Damarwulan Manuscript is an ethnolinguistic study. The method used in this study are two, namely the foundation method and ethnographic method. The foundation method is used because the object of this research is in the form of an old text, namely Damarwulan Manuscript. Ethnographic methods are used to analyze the style of language and the position of women based on Javanese cultural perspectives. This study seeks to show the style of language in expressing feelings of love and trying to describe the position of women in Damarwulan Manuscript. In addition, this research can contribute to ethnographic research, especially in the field of ancient manuscripts. Through this study, we can find out the richness of the repertoire of language styles owned by the Javanese. Javanese poets use panyandra which is related to the beauty of nature and fauna to describe the beauty of a woman.  Keywords: language style, beauty, female position, Damarwulan Manuscript

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