Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rothbaum, F.
Right arrow Articles by Xu, X.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

The Theme of Giving Back to Parents in Chinese and American songs

Fred Rothbaum

Xiaofang Xu

Tufts University

Based on the assumption that there is greater reciprocity of relationships (i.e., mutuality of give and take) in China than there is in the United States, the authors predicted cultural differences in the incidence of songs in which adult children express a desire to give back to parents. More songs expressing giving back to mothers than giving back to fathers was also predicted. Popular songs in both cultures were rated for themes of positive or negative giving back to parents. Almost all of the Chinese songs expressed positive giving back, and the majority of U.S. songs expressed negative giving back. More songs about mothers than about fathers were found only for the Chinese songs. American songs' focus on fathers, about whom there are negative feelings, may reflect the U.S. disposition to negative giving back. Processes underlying giving back-involving modeling, caregiving practices, direct tuition, and reciprocity-are discussed.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 6, 698-713 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/002202219502600611
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Journal of Studies in International EducationHome page
A. Butcher
A Grief Observed: Grief Experiences of East Asian International Students Returning to their Countries of Origin
Journal of Studies in International Education, December 1, 2002; 6(4): 354 - 368.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 American Behavioral ScientistHome page
R. R. McCRAE
Trait Psychology and the Revival of Personality and Culture Studies
American Behavioral Scientist, September 1, 2000; 44(1): 10 - 31.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Culture PsychologyHome page
S. R. Sabat, H. Fath, F. M. Moghaddam, and R. Harr{yen}e
The Maintenance of Self-Esteem: Lessons from the Culture of Alzheimer's Sufferers
Culture Psychology, March 1, 1999; 5(1): 5 - 31.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Cross-Cultural PsychologyHome page
J. Bempechat, S. E. Graham, and N. V. Jimenez
The Socialization of Achievement in Poor and Minority Students: A Comparative Study
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, March 1, 1999; 30(2): 139 - 158.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Cross-Cultural PsychologyHome page
F. Rothbaum and B. Y.-P. Tsang
Lovesongs in the United States and China: On the Nature of Romantic Love
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, March 1, 1998; 29(2): 306 - 319.
[Abstract]