The role of ethnicity and socioeconomic status in Southeast Asian mothers' parenting sensitivity

Heng J 1 , Quan J 1 , Sim LW 1 , Sanmugam S 1 , Broekman B 1 , Bureau JF 2 Show all authors , Meaney MJ 1 , Holbrook JD 1 , Rifkin-Graboi A 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 a Brenner Centre for Molecular Medicine , Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science and Technology (A*STAR) , Singapore , Singapore
  • 2 c School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , ON , Canada
Attach Hum Dev, 2018 Feb;20(1):24-42.
PMID: 28840781 DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2017.1365912

Abstract

Past research indicates that socioeconomic status (SES) accounts for differences in sensitivity across ethnic groups. However, comparatively little work has been conducted in Asia, with none examining whether ethnicity moderates the relation between SES and sensitivity. We assessed parenting behavior in 293 Singaporean citizen mothers of 6-month olds (153 Chinese, 108 Malay, 32 Indian) via the Maternal Behavioral Q-Sort for video interactions. When entered into the same model, SES (F(1,288) = 17.777, p 

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