Social Sensitivity and Adjustment in Chinese and Canadian Children

• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12514
• Publication Date: 2016-03-23T12:55:37Z
• Authors: Xinyin Chen; Junsheng Liu; Wendy Ellis; Lynne Zarbatany
• Keywords: Socioemotional selectivity theory; Cultural Sensitivity

This study examined relations of social sensitivity to socioemotional and school adjustment in Chinese Canadian children. Participants were fourth‐ eighth‐grade students ( M age = 12 years) China n 723) Canada 568). Data obtained from multiple sources. The analyses revealed that the pattern between indexes differed two countries. Social was negatively associated with positively psychological distress However, competence well‐being results indicate children's may have different functional meanings North American societies.