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Peer reviewedLau, Sing; Siu, Carol K. K.; Chik, Maria P. Y. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Examined Hong Kong primary schoolchildren's self-concept in several domains over two years. Found that younger children had higher self-concept than older. Self-concept dropped drastically from grade one to three and leveled off thereafter. Girls had higher self-concepts than boys but had a greater drop. Self-concept level predicted depression,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Chinese Culture, Depression (Psychology), Elementary Education
