Self-reported parental values and child-rearing practices, teacher-reported observed children’s social skills, were compared among families of 40 preschool kindergarten children in each three cultural groups: Chinese Taiwan, first-generation the United States, European Americans States. As expected, both samples parents more strongly endorsed traditional exerted control over their than did American parents. Observations child competence during a videotaped family interaction revealed no...

Forty second-generation Euro-American, and 40 Chinese-American children were drawn from well-educated two-parent families in the suburban Chicago area Chinese a similar population Taipei, Taiwan (10 preschool girls, 10 boys, kindergarten boys each group). Taiwan-Chinese outperformed Euro-American on measures of mathematics, spatial relations, numeral formation. parents gave more formal, direct mathematics instruction, structured their child’s time to greater degree, reported encouragement...

This study examined whether fine motor skills were related to the initial scores and growth rate of mathematics achievement in American kindergartners first graders. Participants 244 East Asian 9,816 European children from US‐based Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS‐K). To control sampling bias, two subsamples Americans matched sample by socio‐economic status or skills, using propensity score matching. Results showed that possessed more advanced skills. The construct significantly...

Forty European American (EA; 20 girls, boys) and 40 second-generation Chinese (CA; preschool kindergarten children (mean age at Time 1 = 5.7 years) their mothers, fathers, teachers participated in 3 data collections (1993, 1995, 1997) to investigate sociocultural family factors that contribute children's academic achievement. CA outscored EA mathematics all times. Initially, receptive English vocabulary, but caught up 3. were better readers than According parental self-reports, parents...

Based on data from 1,366 Chinese preschoolers aged 31–77 months 62 preschools, this study compared differences among four parent–child dyads in relationships and the associations between children's social adaptations. According to results, same‐sex dyad opposite‐sex patterns were tested. The results showed closeness. Mother–daughter had more closeness than mother–son dyads; father–daughter father–son dyads. supportive of pattern Mother–child predicted girls' greater skills fewer problem...

The authors asked 55 second-generation Chinese American adolescents (M age = 16.8 years) and 58 European 17.0 to complete self-report measures of stress levels, use coping strategies, psychological outcomes, grades. reported higher levels everyday life event (e.g., from schoolwork), more depression, grade point averages. Problem-focused avoidance-coping behaviors moderated the effect on negative adjustment for youth but not youth. Path analysis showed that avoidance behavior partially...

The predominant early childhood education philosophy in the United States views formal academic instruction as inappropriate and harmful to social development of young children. Chinese American immigrants States, however, have been found teach their children more ways, be directive, structure children's use time a greater degree (C. S. Huntsinger, P. E. Jose, F.-R. Liaw, & W.-D. Ching, 1997). Forty European (20 boys, 20 girls) 36 2nd-generation (18 18 1st- 2nd-grade mothers, fathers,...

Parental acceptance and control are the 2 dimensions of parenting that have been investigated most; however, little is known about their cross-cultural expressions. This longitudinal study examined acceptance, control, R. Chao's indigenous Chinese notion control--chiao shun (training)--in 35 immigrant American (CA) 38 European (EA) families. Data were collected when children in preschool kindergarten (T1); first second grades (T2); third fourth (T3). Within couples, CA mothers fathers...

Investigations regarding the differences between Chinese only and non-only children primarily examine children's social behaviors, which are closely related to their early relationships with mothers teachers. In recent years, number of born in urban areas has increased because softening One-Child Policy, leads distribution shifting from being rural both areas. The present study investigates current characteristics influences mother–child teacher–child on behaviors perspective differences....

A 2‐wave longitudinal study of personality in adolescence was conducted with data obtained at ages 12 and 17 years from approximately 60 European American second‐generation Chinese youth. At Time 1 they completed the Children's Personality Questionnaire 2 High School self‐report measures high school grades, depression, self‐esteem. adolescents became more similar to each other over time through developmental acculturative processes. Adolescents both ethnicities increased Extraversion...

Globalization is affecting the identity of adolescents worldwide. Armenia, a country beset by many challenges since 1895, remained isolated after it separated from Soviet Union in 1991. Widespread poverty limited Armenia's access to technology until recently. This chapter reports influence globalization on rural and urban Armenian adolescents' selves future through Internet use. Participants included 92 80 (Mage = 15.9 years). Using Kağitҫibaşi's (2007) model family change, we found that...

AbstractRelationships between exposure to preschool education and children's academic social outcomes have been documented in Western countries. There is a lack of comparable research China, where relatively formal, but rather flexible arrangement. We conducted at six public kindergartens large Chinese city (Beijing), involving 342 preschoolers (188 boys, 154 girls, M age = 60.45 months) their middle-class parents teachers. examined the influence (assessed by entry hours attendance per week)...