| This conceptual analytic study investigated the impact of interparental violence on Chinese-American children through an examination of cultural, parental, and individual factors. In particular, this study examined how the cultural phenomena of saving face, collectivism, and emotional control in the Chinese-American population may moderate the relationship between witnessing interparental violence and symptom expression in Chinese-American children. The ways in which these cultural factors may impact parents' perceptions of interparental violence, marital conflict, and child rearing practices were examined. Additionally, the ways in which these cultural and parental factors may shape and contribute to a child's characteristics (i.e., temperament, coping, attachment) were examined. Overall, the literature suggests that (a) cultural factors influence how Chinese-American children perceive and understand IPV; (b) cultural factors shape the manner which symptoms of trauma resulting from exposure to interparental violence are expressed; and (c) the value placed on saving face, collectivism, and emotional control in Chinese culture is associated with how symptoms of trauma following exposure to interparental violence are expressed among Chinese-American children. |
