| Parents responses to their children's emotions are implicated in a variety of child outcomes, and this study contributed to an emerging body of literature that examines parental socialization within cultural context. Focusing specifically on emerging adulthood, college students responses of their mothers emotion socialization behaviors were compared across two cultures: India (n=353) and United States (n=376). College students appraisals of perceived normativeness, subjective affective experience, and causal attributions of maternal emotion socialization behaviors were examined, as well as the relation between reports of maternal emotion socialization behaviors during childhood and college students current adjustment problems. Finally, the moderating role of perceived normativeness and subjective affective experience in the relation between maternal emotion socialization behaviors and college students current adjustment was also examined. Findings demonstrate cultural difference in reports of emotion socialization behaviors, perceived normativeness, and affective experiences. There are also significant cultural group differences differences in causal attributions of maternal socialization behaviors. The moderation analysis indicates perceived normativeness as a significant moderator of the relationship between nonsupportive behavior and adjustment problems. We discussed the results and implications of our findings in the broader context of cultural models of independence and interdependence. |
