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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Cultural Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1491540
This article is part of the Research Topic The Intersection of Psychology, Healthy Behaviors, and its Outcomes View all 45 articles

The relations between parents’ acceptance/rejection and undergraduate adjustment to college: The moderating role of undergraduate collectivism

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      The present study examined the moderating effects of undergraduate collectivism in the relations between parents’ acceptance/rejection and undergraduate adjustment to college in Chinese societies. Utilizing a sample of 5,444 Chinese undergraduates, findings revealed that undergraduate’s collectivism moderated the relations between acceptance/rejection and undergraduate adjustment to college for fathers, but not for mothers. Compared to low collectivism undergraduates, those undergraduates high in collectivism experienced stronger positive impacts from fathers’ acceptance and more pronounced negative effects from fathers’ rejection. Findings from this study highlight the importance of considering how the cultural value (such as collectivism) may influence the relation between parenting and child development.

      Keywords: parents' acceptance, parents' rejection, undergraduate adjustment to college, collectivism, Moderating role

      Received: 05 Sep 2024; Accepted: 06 Dec 2024.

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