Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Maternal emotion socialization in Chinese, Indian, and European American families: socialization goals as a culturally embedded factor
Originally published 2026-04-23 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1772882 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Respect
What am I trying to teach when I ask my child to express a feeling differently?
The authors compare what mothers hope children will learn from emotions across culturally situated family settings.
Who was studied?
Families from Chinese, Indian and European American groups in two cross-cultural studies.
Age / stage: Early childhood
Read with three questions
- Which goals did families describe, and how did the authors distinguish cultural context from individual variation?
- Which parts of the interaction were directly observed and which were inferred or reported?
- What am I trying to teach when I ask my child to express a feeling differently?
Keep the limits in view
The study measures behaviors or experiences in a particular sample and setting. It cannot establish the effect of changing a response in an individual family.
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Meingold Hiu-ming Chan; Tripti Kathuria; Wolfgang Friedlmeier; Xin Feng; Shagufa Kapadia (2026). Maternal emotion socialization in Chinese, Indian, and European American families: socialization goals as a culturally embedded factor Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1772882
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