Autonomy-And Connectedness-Oriented Behaviors Of Toddlers And Mothers At Different Historical Times In Urban China

Xi Chen; Xinyin Chen; Siman Zhao; Niobe Way; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Guangzhen Zhang; Huihua Deng; Ruixin Cao; Huichang Chen; Dan Li

doi:10.1037/dev0001224

Autonomy-And Connectedness-Oriented Behaviors Of Toddlers And Mothers At Different Historical Times In Urban China

Xi Chen, Xinyin Chen, Siman Zhao, Niobe Way, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Guangzhen Zhang, Huihua Deng, Ruixin Cao, Huichang Chen, Dan Li

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This study examined toddlers’ autonomy and connectedness-oriented behaviors and mothers’ encouragement of autonomy and connectedness in two cohorts (1995 and 2008) in urban China. Observational data were collected from Chinese children and their mothers in a laboratory free play session. The results showed that compared with children in the 1995 cohort (207 children, 95 boys, Mage = 24.09 months), children in the 2008 cohort (281 children, 144 boys, Mage = 24.34 months) displayed fewer connectedness-oriented behaviors and spent more time on autonomous activities. Compared with mothers in the 1995 cohort (45% with a college education), mothers in the 2008 cohort (43.4% with a college education) were less likely to display involvement in children’s activities and more likely to encourage child autonomy. The results suggest that macrolevel contexts may play an important role in shaping parenting and children’s behaviors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1254-1260
Number of pages	7
Journal	Developmental psychology
Volume	57
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001224
State	Published - 2021

Keywords

autonomy and connectedness
Chinese children
parenting
social change

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Demography
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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