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Scior, Katrina; Kan, Ka-ying; McLoughlin, Anna; Sheridan, Joel – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This study investigated attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities among the general Hong Kong Chinese population and compared these to a White British sample, using the Community Living Attitudes Scale-Mental Retardation form (CLAS-MR; D. Henry, C. Keys, F. Balcazar, & D. Jopp, 1996). As predicted, attitudes among the Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Public Opinion, Cross Cultural Studies
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Chan, Yiu Man – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 2000
Evaluates the self-esteem scores of 1303 children, including Chinese children from Britain and Hong Kong and white British children, using the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory. Finds that British Chinese have significantly higher self-esteem than the Hong Kong children, but there is little difference among white British children. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Children, Cross Cultural Studies