First-Generation Korean-American Parents' Perceptions of Discipline

• Published in: Journal of professional nursing Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 60 - 68
• Main Authors: Kim, Eunjung, Hong, Seunghye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 2007; W.B. Saunders Company/JNL
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adolescent; Adult; Asian - ethnology; Asian Americans; Attitude to Health - ethnology; Child; Child discipline; Child Rearing - ethnology; Child, Preschool; Culture; Guidelines as Topic; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Middle Aged; Northwestern United States; Nurse's Role; Nurses; Nursing Methodology Research; Parent-Child Relations - ethnology; Parenting - ethnology; Parents & parenting; Parents - education; Parents - psychology; Pediatric Nursing - organization & administration; Perceptions; Psychology, Child; Punishment - psychology; Reward; Surveys and Questionnaires; Transcultural Nursing - organization & administration; Northwestern United States; United States > US; Korea; Korean Americans; Discipline; Cross-cultural parenting; Corporal punishment

Nurses not only need to be familiar with professional guidelines of discipline and but also need to be aware of variances in styles of acceptable discipline across cultural groups. The goal of this study was to explore cultural influences in relation to (1) first-generation Korean-American parents&#...