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Young Children's Perceptions of Social Withdrawal in China and Canada
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Coplan, Robert J.; Zheng, Shujie; Weeks, Murray; Chen, Xinyin – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The goal of the present study was to explore attitudes and responses to different forms of social withdrawal in China and Canada. Participants in this study were children in early elementary school in the People's Republic of China (n = 213; 113 boys, 100 girls, M[subscript age] = 6.11 years) and Canada (n = 162; 60 boys, 102 girls, M[subscript…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Age Differences, Vignettes, Foreign Countries
Social Reputation and Peer Relationships in Chinese and Canadian Children: A Cross-Cultural Study.
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Chen, Xinyin; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Measures of peer acceptance and peers' social reputation were administered to 8 and 10 year olds in Shanghai, China, and Ontario, Canada. Results indicated that sociability was correlated with peer acceptance, and aggression with peer rejection, in both countries. Shyness was negatively correlated with peer acceptance in the Canadian sample. (BC)
Descriptors: Aggression, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Social Functioning and Adjustment in Chinese Children: A Longitudinal Study.
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Chen, Xinyin; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Examined the social behavior, social adjustment, and school adjustment of a sample of elementary school students in Shanghai, China. Found that, consistent with studies of Western children, sociability-leadership was associated with and predictive of indexes of adjustment. Inconsistent with Western studies, shyness-sensitivity was positively and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Aggression, Chinese Culture