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Jia, Gisela; Chen, Jennifer; Kim, HyeYoung; Chan, Phoenix-Shan; Jeung, Changmo – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
This cross-sectional study investigated the bilingual lexical skills of 175 US school-age children (5 to 18 years old) with Cantonese, Mandarin, or Korean as their heritage language (HL), and English as their dominant language. Primary study goals were to identify potential patterns of development in bilingual lexical skills over the elementary to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Naming, Task Analysis, Case Studies
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Garrett-Peters, Patricia T.; Fox, Nathan A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
Cross-cultural differences in emotional expressions following disappointment were examined in 59 Chinese American (CA) and 58 European American (EA) children. Children aged four or seven participated in a disappointing gift situation. Dimensions of expressive behaviors following disappointment were coded and included positive, negative, social…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Cultural Differences, Chinese Americans, Whites
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Manfra, Louis; Winsler, Adam – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
The present study explored: (a) preschool children's awareness of their own talking and private speech (speech directed to the self); (b) differences in age, speech use, language ability, and mentalizing abilities between children with awareness and those without; and (c) children's beliefs and attitudes about private speech. Fifty-one children…
Descriptors: Attention, Preschool Children, Expressive Language, Language Skills