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Acculturation and parenting among Turkish mothers in Australia

dc.contributor.coauthorSanson, Ann
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.kuauthorSelçuk, Bilge
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T23:58:08Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated acculturation attitudes of Turkish immigrant mothers in Australia and the associations between their interaction levels with Australian society and their parenting values and behaviors. Turkey is traditionally collectivist, and punishment is more common than verbal reasoning among parents; in Australia, which is predominantly individualistic, normative parenting goals emphasize independence (over obedience) and induction-based discipline (over punishment). Participants included 58 Turkish mothers living in Melbourne. Each had a child attending a child care center located in a generally lower socioeconomic area. Questionnaires were used to assess acculturation attitudes, parenting goals, and child-rearing practices. Findings support the hypothesized relationships between acculturation attitudes and parenting behaviors. Mothers who had a tendency to integrate with Australian society reported higher levels of self-direction goals and inductive reasoning and lower levels of compliance goals and obedience-demanding behavior. Findings are discussed in relation to the functions of child-rearing values and practices in sociocultural context.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.issue3
dc.description.openaccessNO
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.volume40
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0022022109332671
dc.identifier.eissn1552-5422
dc.identifier.issn0022-0221
dc.identifier.quartileQ3
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dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0022022109332671
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/15411
dc.identifier.wos265108800003
dc.keywordsParenting
dc.keywordsAcculturation
dc.keywordsTurkish mothers
dc.keywordsPuerto-rican mothers
dc.keywordsSocialization goals
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
dc.subjectSocial psychology
dc.titleAcculturation and parenting among Turkish mothers in Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
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