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Social Functioning and Adjustment in Chinese Children: The Imprint of Historical Time
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Chen, Xinyin; Cen, Guozhen; Li, Dan; He, Yunfeng – Child Development, 2005
This study examined, in 3 cohorts (1990, 1998, and 2002) of elementary school children (M age10 years), relations between social functioning and adjustment in different phases of the societal transition in China. Data were obtained from multiple sources. The results indicate that sociability-cooperation was associated with peer acceptance and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Acceptance, Elementary School Students, Shyness
The Peer Group as a Context: Moderating Effects on Relations between Maternal Parenting and Social and School Adjustment in Chinese Children
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Chen, Xinyin; Chang, Lei; He, Yunfeng; Liu, Hongyun – Child Development, 2005
This 2-year longitudinal study examined, in a sample of Chinese children (initial M age=11 years), the moderating effects of the peer group on relations between maternal supportive parenting and social and school adjustment. Data were collected from multiple sources including peer assessments, teacher ratings, school records, and maternal reports.…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Social Environment, Student Adjustment, Child Rearing
Sociable and Prosocial Dimensions of Social Competence in Chinese Children: Common and Unique Contributions to Social, Academic, and Psychological Adjustment.
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Chen, Xinyin; Li, Dan; Li, Zhen-yun; Li, Bo-shu; Liu, Mowei – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined Chinese sixth-graders' sociability and prosocial orientation and adjustment at age 12 and 2 years later. Found that: (1) prosocial orientation predicted social and school adjustment and externalizing problems; (2) sociability uniquely predicted internalizing problems and emotional adjustment; and (3) prosocial orientation and sociability…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Cooperation, Early Adolescents
Correlates of Peer Acceptance in a Chinese Sample of Six-Year-Olds.
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Chen, Xinyin; Rubin, Kenneth H. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
A sociometric rating scale and a measure of social problem-solving skills were administered to 61 Chinese kindergartners. In comparison to Canadian children examined in an earlier study, Chinese children were less accepting of each other, less prosocial, and more authority oriented in social problem solving. (BC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Family Environment