标题:Child’sSelfEsteemLinkedtoDominantParent source:psychcentral丨RickNauertPhD 翻译请保留原文链接哦 欲翻译的小伙伴,可评论领稿,并把已完成的译文发在自己的心理圈or个人主页的日志内。请领稿的小伙伴,尽量在一个星期内完成翻译,谢谢!! AnewstudyfromtheUKsuggestschildren’sselfesteemisrelatedtothebehaviorofthemostpowerfulparentwithinthehousehold。 UniversityofSussexresearchersstudiedEnglishandIndianfamilieslivinginBritain。Theresearchisthefirsttoassesstheimpactonachild’swellbeingasassociatedwiththehouseholdpowerstructuresthatexistwithindifferentcultures。 Psychologistsinterviewed125EnglishandIndianfamilieslivinginWestLondon。 TheyfoundthatEnglishchildrenwhosemothersdisplayedmorenegativeparentingtraitssuchasdetachment,intrusiveness,laxenforcementofdiscipline,andcontrollingbehaviorreportedlowerselfesteem。 But,forIndianchildren,thefather’sbehaviorhadmoreofanimpact。 InIndianculture,oftencharacterizedasamoretraditionalculture,mothershaveinferiorpositionstofathers,bothwithinandoutsidethehousehold。Fathersareconsideredtobetheheadofthefamily,intermsofpowerandtheirroleasdisciplinarian。 ThesedifferencesoftenremaininspiteofimmigrationintoBritain。 Incontrast,inWesterncultures,althoughstillsomewhatpatriarchal,mothershavemorecentralrolesthanfatherswithinthehomeandareoftenresponsibleforroutinecareanddiscipline。 DrAlisonPike,ReaderinPsychologyattheUniversityofSussex,coauthoredthestudy。Shesaid,“Mothersandfathersplaydifferentrolesindifferentculturesthesefindingshighlighttheimportanceofthesedistinctgenderbasedpowerstructuresonachild’sselfworth。 “Parentingliteratureisstilldominatedbymothering,reflectingWesternnorms。With7。5millionforeignbornresidentsintheUK,weneedtospendmoretimeconsideringparentingpracticethroughaculturallens。” Thestudy,carriedoutincollaborationwithDrNaamaAtzabaPoriafromBenGurionUniversityoftheNegev,Israel,JournalofCrossCulturalPsychology。