This research focuses on the relations between national identity, moral reasoning and externalizing behavior problems for 48 immigrant adolescents from Cape Verde, 31 from former Dutch Antilles...Show moreThis research focuses on the relations between national identity, moral reasoning and externalizing behavior problems for 48 immigrant adolescents from Cape Verde, 31 from former Dutch Antilles/Aruba and 152 from the Netherlands, living in the Netherlands. Data from questionnaires showed that family composition and socioeconomic status were not related to the degree of externalizing behavior. Furthermore, no significant differences were found in externalizing behavior and moral reasoning between the three groups. This could be explained by the fact that the adolescents in the sample belong to the same peer group. Therefore it is possible that these adolescents influence and encourage each other to show similar behavior and thus might often apply the same standards. Dutch adolescents had a stronger sense of national identity than the other two groups, however this was not significantly related to the degree of externalizing behavior. Adolescents from the former Dutch Antilles/Aruba who experienced a weaker sense of national identity, exhibited more externalizing behavior problems, whereas there was no relation between these constructs for the Cape Verdean adolescents. Even though Cape Verdean and former Dutch Antillean/Aruban adolescents differ in the exhibition of externalizing behavior in police reports, the current study did not confirm these reports. Studying ethnic identity, bicultural upbringing, and gender in combination with the constructs within the current study, might lead to a better understanding of why differences are found in externalizing behavior between the groups outside this research. The Cape Verdean community is of special interest, because there is only minimal research on this community, which makes it difficult to understand the problems they are facing in the Dutch society.Show less
Het doel van deze studie was om bij Turks-Nederlandse moeder-kind paren te onderzoeken of positief ouderschap van de moeder samenhangt met minder externaliserend probleemgedrag van het kind en of...Show moreHet doel van deze studie was om bij Turks-Nederlandse moeder-kind paren te onderzoeken of positief ouderschap van de moeder samenhangt met minder externaliserend probleemgedrag van het kind en of deze relatie sterker was bij kinderen met een moeilijk temperament. De steekproef bestond uit 75 eerste en tweede generatie Turkse moeders en hun kinderen van 5 of 6 jaar oud. Positief ouderschap werd geobserveerd in een probleemoplossende taak. Het gedrag van de moeder werd gecodeerd met de Emotional Availability Scales (EA Scales; Biringen, 1998). Voor het meten van temperament en externaliserend probleemgedrag werden vragenlijsten afgenomen bij de moeder. Positief ouderschap was gerelateerd aan minder externaliserend probleemgedrag en moeilijk temperament aan meer externaliserend probleemgedrag. Temperament modereerde de relatie tussen positief ouderschap en externaliserend probleemgedrag niet. Wel werd er een interactie-effect gevonden met de subschalen van de variabelen positief ouderschap, temperament en externaliserend probleemgedrag. De relatie tussen afwezigheid van intrusiviteit en minder problemen met leeftijdgenoten was sterker voor kinderen die moeilijk kalmeerbaar waren. Ons onderzoek suggereert dat probleemgedrag bij kinderen verminderd zou kunnen worden door positief ouderschap te bevorderen door middel van interventieprogramma’s. Kinderen met een moeilijk temperament zouden extra kunnen profiteren van interventie- en preventieprogramma’s.Show less
This study examines the relationship between acculturation (i.e., host language proficiency), perceived discrimination, and parenting self-efficacy in a sample of 57 Turkish-Dutch mothers in the...Show moreThis study examines the relationship between acculturation (i.e., host language proficiency), perceived discrimination, and parenting self-efficacy in a sample of 57 Turkish-Dutch mothers in the Netherlands. Data were collected through questionnaires. This study found no effect of gender of the child on parenting self-efficacy. Educational level of the mother did seem to play a role: a higher educational level was predictive of more positive parenting self-efficacy. Furthermore, a significant positive relation between acculturation and parenting self-efficacy, a significant negative relation between acculturation and discrimination and a significant negative relation between discrimination and parenting self-efficacy were found. A possible role for discrimination as a mediator or a moderator in the relation between acculturation and parenting self-efficacy was examined, but there was no evidence for such roles of discrimination. These findings suggest that optimization of the acculturation process is important for immigrant families and that possible experiences of discrimination should be minimized, as it is shown that acculturation and discrimination play a role in mothers’ self-efficacy in parenting.Show less
This study investigated the relation between family functioning, positive parenting and behavior of young adolescents in a Turkish- Dutch sample (N = 60). Data were collected through home visits....Show moreThis study investigated the relation between family functioning, positive parenting and behavior of young adolescents in a Turkish- Dutch sample (N = 60). Data were collected through home visits. Positive parenting was measured with three different instruments; a self report by the mother, a child report by the young adolescent and a video- observation. Family functioning and behavior of the young adolescent were assessed with questionnaires. The mediating role of positive parenting in the relation between the functioning of the family and the behavior of the young adolescent was also investigated. The results indicated that better family functioning was related to more positive parenting and to less adolescent problem behavior. More positive parenting was related to less adolescent problem behavior. These relations were the strongest when positive parenting was reported by the young adolescent. Positive parenting was not a significant mediator in the relation between family functioning and the behavior of the young adolescent. The results of this study show that these family factors are not only related in majority samples but also in a minority sample and that the perception by young adolescents of their mothers parenting behaviors is of great value.Show less
