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SUMMARY:The Fathers' Affection Display in Contemporary Chinese Families - 
 Xuan Li\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20150119T130000Z
DTEND:20150119T140000Z
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CONTACT:Rebecca Noorderhaven
DESCRIPTION:It is a common perception that the Chinese fathers\, influence
 d by the Confucian cultural traditions\, play the role of stern\, emotioal
 ly reserved disciplinarians in day-to-day interactions with their children
 . But to what extent does this hold in contemporary Chinese families? The 
 present study aims to investigate the paternal affection display in contem
 porary Chinese families with pre-adolescent children  in order to 1) to de
 scribe the quality and quantity of affection display by Chinese fathers to
  their children\, 2) to investigate intra-cultural variance that is attrib
 utable  to demographic factors and gender of the child and 3) to explore t
 he relationship between paternal affection display and other related const
 ructs. \n\nBased on a multi-informant\, multi-method dataset\, it was foun
 d that Chinese fathers were reportedly warm and nurturant towards their ch
 ildren\, and were motivated to develop and maintain close\, intimate relat
 ionship with their children. However\, these fathers were reserved in demo
 nstrating their affection towards the children\, and preferred to show it 
 non-verbally or through instrumental display rather than using overt verba
 l statements. \nFathers’ display of affection was significantly influenc
 ed by children’s behaviour in the immediate interactive context\, as obs
 erved during the game tasks\, and by contextual factors such as parental e
 ducation\, parental income and location of family residence. While fathers
  behaved equally warm towards sons and daughters\, they were more expressi
 ve of their affection towards daughters\, and were observed to show more n
 egative affect  towards sons. Moreover\, paternal affection display was fo
 und closely knitted with  various other constructs. Father involvement was
  a strong predictor of both fathers’ overall warmth and expression of af
 fection\, which\, in turn\, contribute to better father-child relationship
 s. \n\nThese findings shed light on fathers’ emotion socialisation and c
 hild development through a sociocultural lens. The results highlight the i
 nfluence of children’s behaviour and contextual factors on parenting beh
 aviour\, and call for the inclusion of both in future research. \n
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