I would expect parents from collectivistic culture experience less parenting stress compared to individualistic culture, but I wasn't so sure on that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz_communal_child_rearing_and_collective_education
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Check out these articles, you may find them useful:
Giannotti, M., Bonatti, S.M., Tanaka, S., Kojima, H., de Falco, S. (2021). Parenting Stress and Social Style in Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross- Cultural Investigation in Italy and Japan. Brain Sciences, 11, 1419. doi:10.3390/ brainsci11111419
Sun, K. & Mulvaney, M.K. (2021). Intergenerational Support in Chinese Immigrant Families: The Influences of Grandparent Support, Cultural Values, and Orientations on Parenting Stress. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships. doi:10.1080/15350770.2021.1930622
Su, C. & Hynie, M. (2011). Effects of Life Stress, Social Support, and Cultural Norms on Parenting Styles Among Mainland Chinese, European Canadian, and Chinese Canadian Immigrant Mothers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42(6), 944-962. doi:10.1177/0022022110381124
Yaman, A., Mesman, J., van Ijzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Linting, M. (2010). Parenting in an Individualistic Culture with a Collectivistic Cultural Background: The Case of Turkish Immigrant Families with Toddlers in the Netherlands. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 19(5), 617-628. doi:10.1007/s10826-009-9346-y
I recently read two scientific articles which may apply here. One is a more recent finding that collective cultures maybe more ego-centric/narcississtic than previously thought. And secondly, across cultures, raising offspring lowers marital satisfaction, especially for males, until the brood are launched.
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