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Kandler, Christian; Gottschling, Juliana; Spinath, Frank M. – Child Development, 2016
Despite cross-cultural universality of core human values, individuals differ substantially in value priorities, whereas family members show similar priorities to some degree. The latter has often been attributed to intrafamilial socialization. The analysis of self-ratings on eight core values from 399 twin pairs (ages 7-11) and their biological…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Family Environment, Twins
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Patel, Nisha; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Interviewed mothers and fathers from 100 first-generation, Indian immigrant families about their socialization values and practices. Also interviewed adolescents about their parents' behavior. Three predictors of parental attitudes and behavior were examined: modernity, acculturation, and time in the United States. Found that the effects of the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Cultural Influences, Immigrants
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Wang, Qi; Leichtman, Michelle D. – Child Development, 2000
Examined social, emotional, and cognitive characteristics of American and Chinese 6-year-olds' narratives. Found that, compared to American children, Chinese children showed greater orientation toward social engagement, greater concern with moral correctness, greater concern with authority, a less autonomous orientation, more expressions of…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Knafo, Ariel; Schwartz, Shalom H. – Child Development, 2003
Examined potential predictors of Israeli adolescents' accuracy in perceiving parental values. Found that accuracy in perceiving parents' overall value system correlated positively with parents' actual and perceived value agreement and perceived parental warmth and responsiveness, but negatively with perceived value conflict, indifferent parenting,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Family Communication, Foreign Countries
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Jodl, Kathleen M.; Michael, Alice; Malanchuk, Oksana; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Sameroff, Arnold – Child Development, 2001
Examined relations among parenting dimensions and adolescents' occupational aspirations related to academics and sports. Found that parents' values predicted youths' values directly in the academic domain. Fathers' behaviors mediated the relation between parents' and youths' sports values. Identification was directly related to adolescents'…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Aspiration, Athletics
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Anderson, James G. – Child Development, 1987
Demonstrates how structural equation modeling can be used to translate a verbal theory into a mathematical model that can be estimated and tested, and from which inferences can be drawn. Data used was taken from a previous study of the effects of family socialization on the formation of achievement values and self-concept. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cultural Differences, Demography