Table 1.
Cultural Group Differences in Maternal Reported Parenting.
| Chinese U.S. |
Chinese U.K. |
Taiwanese |
All |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Authoritative | ||||||||
| Boys | 4.04 | .481 | 4.02 | .478 | 4.08 | .434 | 4.05 | .455 |
| Girls | 3.88 | .407 | 4.18 | .775 | 4.11 | .460 | 4.04 | .560 |
| All | 3.96 | .448 | 4.09 | .623 | 4.09 | .439 | 4.05 | .502 |
| Authoritarian | ||||||||
| Boys | 1.75 | .457 | 2.06 | .582 | 2.09 | .429 | 1.98 | .503 |
| Girls | 1.82 | .419 | 1.86 | .437 | 2.14 | .567 | 1.94 | .491 |
| All | 1.78 | .435 | 1.97 | .525 | 2.11 | .482 | 1.96 | .496 |
| Chinese-specific | ||||||||
| Boys | 2.47 | .385 | 2.68 | .375 | 2.59 | .374 | 2.58 | .381 |
| Girls | 2.46 | .466 | 2.44 | .434 | 2.78 | .519 | 2.56 | .493 |
| All | 2.46 | .422 | 2.58 | .414 | 2.66 | .442 | 2.57 | .432 |