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A Literature Review of the Effects of Culture in Parents’ Child-Rearing Behaviors in Divergent Cultural Contexts

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김수정

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pp. 1~19 / 2015 Vol.22 No.4

Abstract

In this literature review, I reviewed the theoretical approaches that attempt to examine howparenting behaviors relate to shared cultural beliefs or individual parents’ cultural models in diversecultural contexts. The proposed categorization of the theoretical frameworks was as follows: thedichotomized framework (individualism versus collectivism); the coexistence of individualism andcollectivism; the indigenous cultural beliefs systems; and the eco-cultural framework. The examinationof these four theoretical frameworks made it possible to propose some pathways to better understandthe relationship between culture and parenting in diverse cultural contexts. First, the dichotomizedparents’ cultural models were suggested not to be applied any more. Second, the necessity ofconsidering the role of structural factors in examining the cultural process of parenting wassuggested, in order to find the variability in parents’ cultural models and their parenting behaviorswithin a particular cultural context. Last, the necessity of considering the role of individual parentswas proposed. These results would help researchers understand how individual parents construct theirown cultural models and parenting behaviors.

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