探索不同文化背景下儿童眼中“虎妈”的意义

Exploring the Meaning of “Tiger Mother” from the Perspectives of Children in the Different Cultures

儿童的自然成长具有普遍一致的规律,而我们在寻求发展客观规律的同时也不得不考虑文化教育的影响。本文从发展心理学的研究角度,探讨儿童在父母教养和社会文化环境中社会心理调整和学业努力的特征,以期建立适当的文化环境来促进青少年的发展。研究中,我们调查了中美两国儿童对其父母权威和父母教养实践的感知,并分析了儿童解释父母采取如此的实践的原因。基于父母教养方式的跨文化研究,理解在不同文化背景下儿童的社会心理与生活体验相互作用的意义,以进一步探索儿童在社会文化环境中的自主与调节。

There are some common foundations for the children＇ s natural development, while the social and cultural contexts for children development should be considered as an important factor in exploring these foundations. Expecting for constructing a beneficial cultural environment for children development, the characteristics of children＇ s psychological adjustments and school efforts influenced by parenting practices in social and cultural contexts is discussed in the paper. In the study, we investi- gated American and Chinese children＇ s perceptions on the parental authorities and practices, and analyzed children＇ s interpretations on the reasons of such parental practices. The purpose of the study is to understanding the meanings of the interaction between children＇ s social psychological adjustment and their social experience in different cultural contexts, in order to explore children＇ s autonomy and psychological adjustment in social and cultural environments.