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Tan, Tony Xing; Marfo, Kofi; Dedrick, Robert F. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
The central goal of this longitudinal study was to examine behavioral adjustment outcomes in a sample of preschool-age adopted Chinese girls. Research examining the effects of institutional deprivation on post-adoption behavioral outcomes for internationally adopted children has been constrained by the frequent unavailability of data on the…
Descriptors: Females, Adjustment (to Environment), Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Environment
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Zhou, Qing; Main, Alexandra; Wang, Yun – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
The prospective relations of temperamental effortful control and anger/frustration to Chinese children's (N = 425, age range = 6.6-9.1 years) academic achievement (grade point average, or GPA) and social adjustment (externalizing problems and social competence) were examined in a 2-wave (3.8 years apart) longitudinal study. Parents and teachers…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Personality, Social Adjustment
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Chen, Xinyin; He, Yunfeng; De Oliveira, Ana Maria; Coco, Alida Lo; Zappulla, Carla; Kaspar, Violet; Schneider, Barry; Valdivia, Ibis Alvarez; Tse, Hennis Chi-Hang; DeSouza, Amanda – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Research on children's loneliness has been conducted mostly in Western, especially North American, cultures. The purpose of the study was to examine relations between loneliness and social adaptation among children and adolescents in four different societies. Methods: A total of 2263 children from grade 3 to grade 6, aged 9 to 12…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context