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Is the Secure Base Phenomenon Evident Here, There, and Anywhere? A Cross-Cultural Study of Child Behavior and Experts' Definitions
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Posada, German; Lu, Ting; Trumbell, Jill; Kaloustian, Garene; Trudel, Marcel; Plata, Sandra J.; Peña, Paola P.; Perez, Jennifer; Tereno, Susana; Dugravier, Romain; Coppola, Gabrielle; Constantini, Alessandro; Cassibba, Rosalinda; Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Nóblega, Magaly; Haya, Ines M.; Pedraglio, Claudia; Verissimo, Manuela; Santos, Antonio J.; Monteiro, Ligia; Lay, Keng-Ling – Child Development, 2013
The evolutionary rationale offered by Bowlby implies that secure base relationships are common in child-caregiver dyads and thus, child secure behavior observable across diverse social contexts and cultures. This study offers a test of the universality hypothesis. Trained observers in nine countries used the Attachment Q-set to describe the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Child Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development
How European American and Taiwanese Mothers Talk to Their Children about Learning
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Li, Jin; Fung, Heidi; Bakeman, Roger; Rae, Katharine; Wei, Wanchun – Child Development, 2014
Little cross-cultural research exists on parental socialization of children's learning beliefs. The current study compared 218 conversations between European American and Taiwanese mothers and children (6-10 years) about good and poor learning. The findings support well-documented cultural differences in learning beliefs. European Americans…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Asian Culture
Children Trust a Consensus Composed of Outgroup Members--But Do Not Retain That Trust
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Chen, Eva E.; Corriveau, Kathleen H.; Harris, Paul L. – Child Development, 2013
Children prefer to learn from informants in consensus with one another. However, no research has examined whether this preference exists across cultures, and whether the race of the informants impacts that preference. In 2 studies, one hundred thirty-six 4- to 7-year-old European American and Taiwanese children demonstrated a systematic preference…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Preferences, Young Children, Cross Cultural Studies
Reading Disabilities: The Case of Chinese, Japanese, and English.
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Stevenson, Harold W.; And Others – Child Development, 1982
A reading test was constructed in English, Japanese, and Chinese to assess the validity of the claim that children learning to read Chinese and Japanese do not evidence reading disabilities. Large samples of fifth-grade children in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States were given the test along with a battery of 10 cognitive tasks. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Mathematics Classrooms in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States.
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Stigler, James W.; And Others – Child Development, 1987
Studies were conducted in Chinese, Japanese, and American classrooms during mathematics classes. Large cross-cultural differences were found in variables related to classroom structure and management. These paralleled differences in mathematics achievement among China, Japan, and the United States. (PCB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Educational Practices
The Temperamental Characteristics of Chinese Babies.
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Hsu, Chen-chin; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Investigated the usefulness of Carey's Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire in the Chinese culture and used the questionnaire to assess the temperamental characteristics of Chinese babies. While the general pattern of results resembled data from Carey's American sample, differences were found, which could be interpreted in terms of response…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Infants
Universal, Developmental, and Variable Aspects of Young Children's Play: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Pretending at Home.
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Haight, Wendy L.; Wang, Xiao-lei; Fung, Heidi Han-tih; Williams, Kimberley; Mintz, Judith – Child Development, 1999
This study used longitudinal data from five Irish American families and nine Chinese families in Taiwan, in conjunction with cultural psychology research evidence, to propose universal, culturally variable, and developmental dimensions of children's pretend play. Findings raise the theoretical issue of how universal and variable dimensions of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies