TY - JOUR
T1 - Parents' goals for children
T2 - The dynamic coexistence of individualism and collectivism in cultures and individuals: Topic review
AU - Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.
AU - Way, Niobe
AU - Hughes, Diane
AU - Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
AU - Kalman, Ronit Kahana
AU - Niwa, Erika Y.
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Current scholarship on the cultural value systems of individualism and collectivism, and the associated developmental goals of autonomy and relatedness, has moved beyond grand divide theories to emphasize variation within individuals and cultures. We present a theoretical model on the dynamic coexistence of cultural value systems (at the macro level) and parents' developmental goals (at the micro level). We contend that cultural values and developmental goals that have largely been classified as polar opposites may be viewed as conflicting, additive, or functionally dependent. Parents may view the developmental goal of autonomy as interfering with the goal of relatedness (and vice versa); parents may endorse both autonomy and relatedness; and parents may consider the developmental goal of relatedness to be a path to the goal of autonomy and/or autonomy to be a path to relatedness. These forms of coexistence are themselves dynamic, changing across situations, developmental time, and in response to social, political, and economic contexts.
AB - Current scholarship on the cultural value systems of individualism and collectivism, and the associated developmental goals of autonomy and relatedness, has moved beyond grand divide theories to emphasize variation within individuals and cultures. We present a theoretical model on the dynamic coexistence of cultural value systems (at the macro level) and parents' developmental goals (at the micro level). We contend that cultural values and developmental goals that have largely been classified as polar opposites may be viewed as conflicting, additive, or functionally dependent. Parents may view the developmental goal of autonomy as interfering with the goal of relatedness (and vice versa); parents may endorse both autonomy and relatedness; and parents may consider the developmental goal of relatedness to be a path to the goal of autonomy and/or autonomy to be a path to relatedness. These forms of coexistence are themselves dynamic, changing across situations, developmental time, and in response to social, political, and economic contexts.
KW - Collectivism
KW - Culture
KW - Individualism
KW - Parenting
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00419.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00419.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38149009055
SN - 0961-205X
VL - 17
SP - 183
EP - 209
JO - Social Development
JF - Social Development
IS - 1
ER -