Objective

Maladaptive parental attributions for their children’s behavior have been linked to poorer parenting skills, heightened child internalizing and externalizing difficulties, and parents’ less willingness to engage in treatment. Although most parental attributions research has been focused on White or European-origin parents, attention has recently turned to ethnic and cultural groups that are underrepresented literature. The present scoping review synthesized existing work on parental attributions among ethnocultural minority and immigrant parents in an adopted country and parents residing in their native non-Western country of origin.

Method

A systematic search of five databases was conducted for literature published up to and including the last week of December 2020. Title and abstract screening, then full-text screening, identified 18 records for inclusion in the review.

Results

Although descriptive, single-culture studies showed that maladaptive parental attributions were associated with poorer parenting and child outcomes across cultures, studies comparing ethnocultural groups demonstrated differences in parental attributions across groups.

Conclusions

Despite the rise in and importance of literature on parental attributions, these results point to a limited scope in understanding parental attributions of ethnocultural minority, immigrant, and country of origin parents. Gaps identified in the literature point to promising future research directions, and a call is made for culturally sensitive parental attribution measures.

中文翻译：

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少数民族、移民和原籍国父母的父母归因：范围审查和研究呼吁

客观的

父母对孩子行为的不适应归因与育儿技巧较差、孩子内化和外化困难加剧以及父母参与治疗的意愿较低有关。尽管大多数父母归因研究都集中在白人或欧洲血统的父母身上，但最近注意力转向了文学中代表性不足的种族和文化群体。目前的范围界定审查综合了现有的关于被收养国家的少数民族和移民父母与居住在非西方原籍国的父母之间父母归属的现有工作。

方法

系统检索了五个数据库，检索截至 2020 年 12 月最后一周（包括该周）发表的文献。标题和摘要筛选，然后是全文筛选，确定了 18 条记录以纳入评价。

结果

尽管描述性的单一文化研究表明，适应不良的父母归因与不同文化的较差的养育和儿童结果有关，但比较民族文化群体的研究表明，不同群体的父母归因存在差异。

结论

尽管关于父母归因的文献越来越多，重要性也越来越高，但这些结果表明，对少数民族、移民和原籍国父母的父母归因的理解范围有限。文献中发现的差距指出了未来有希望的研究方向，并呼吁采取对文化敏感的父母归因措施。