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Smetana, Judith G.; Wong, Mun; Ball, Courtney; Yau, Jenny – Child Development, 2014
A total of 267 five-, seven-, and ten-year-olds (M = 7.62), 147 in Hong Kong and 120 in the United States, evaluated hypothetical personal (and moral) events described as either essential or peripheral to actors' identity. Except for young Chinese in the peripheral condition, straightforward personal events were overwhelmingly evaluated as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Self Concept, Compliance (Psychology)
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Yau, Jenny; Smetana, Judith G.; Metzger, Aaron – Social Development, 2009
Using multilevel analyses, we examined the influence of domain (moral, conventional, and personal) and the familiarity of different authority figures (mother, teacher, person in charge, and stranger) in public, school, or home settings in 123 four to seven-year-old Chinese children (M = 5.6 years) in Hong Kong. Children affirmed authority more for…
Descriptors: Mothers, Familiarity, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship