CULTURAL VARIATIONS IN PARENTING - PERCEPTIONS OF CAUCASIAN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HISPANIC, AND ASIAN-AMERICAN PARENTS

Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, this p aper reports a study of cultural variations in parenting of mothers an d fathers in two-parent families. Caucasian, African-American, Hispani c, and Asian-American parents were assessed In terms of parenting atti tudes, parenting behaviors, and parenting involvement. Multivariate an alyses of covariance and analyses of covariance with socioeconomic sta tus as the covariate indicated more similarities than differences betw een and among the four parenting groups. However, as a group, the ethn ic parents indicated a greater general emphasis on their children exer cising self-control and succeeding in school than did Caucasian parent s.