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Crystal, David S.; Kakinuma, Miki; DeBell, Matthew; Azuma, Hiroshi; Miyashita, Takahiro – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
Japanese and U.S. sixth, eighth, and tenth graders (N = 2141) responded to questionnaires asking whom they depended on in six contexts of need. These contexts were: morning awakening, physical illness, emotional upset, help with homework, causing a problem, and guidance in extracurricular activities. Findings indicated that, relative to culture,…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
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Killen, Melanie; Crystal, David S.; Watanabe, Hirozumi – Child Development, 2002
Surveyed fourth-, seventh-, and tenth-graders in Japan and the United States regarding evaluations of peer group exclusion of atypical peers. Found that with increasing age, children demonstrated sensitivity to context (reason the peer was different) and believed that the excluded child should not change to be accepted. Girls were less willing to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children
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Crystal, David S.; Stevenson, Harold W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
Perceptions of U.S. (n=870), Chinese (n=709), and Japanese (n=713) mothers about their children's problems with first and fifth grade mathematics were examined in two studies. Results suggest that U.S. mothers evaluated their children's skills less critically and had lower mathematics achievement standards than did Asians. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education