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Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement among Singaporean Young Children: A Cross-Cultural Comparison in a Multicultural Asian Society
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Chen, Luxi; Yeung, Wei-Jun Jean – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
Cultural contexts influence the development of self-regulation. However, cross-cultural variations and consistencies in different aspects of self-regulation and their academic outcomes within the Asian context are less clear. This study investigated (1) the extent to which the development of hot and cool Executive Function (EF) might differ among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Control, Cultural Differences, Executive Function
Associations between Trauma during Adolescence and Sense of Purpose in Middle-to-Late Adulthood
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Pfund, Gabrielle N.; Edmonds, Grant W.; Hill, Patrick L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Early adverse experiences can hold lasting influence on later life outcomes, particularly during formative developmental periods such as adolescence. The current study evaluates the impact of different kinds of adolescent trauma on later sense of purpose in adulthood, using data from the Hawaii Longitudinal Study of Personality and Health.…
Descriptors: Trauma, Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Self Concept
Household Income Predicts Trajectories of Child Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Malone, Patrick S.; Tapanya, Sombat; Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe; Zelli, Arnaldo; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Giunta, Laura Di; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
This study examined longitudinal links between household income and parents' education and children's trajectories of internalizing and externalizing behaviors from age 8 to 10 reported by mothers, fathers, and children. Longitudinal data from 1,190 families in 11 cultural groups in eight countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines,…
Descriptors: Family Income, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Socioeconomic Status
The Understanding of Emotion among Young Chinese Children
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Tang, Yulong; Harris, Paul L.; Pons, Francisco; Zou, Hong; Zhang, Wenjuan; Xu, Qunxia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
The development of emotion understanding in young Chinese preschoolers was examined. The overall developmental trend, as measured by the Test of Emotion Comprehension (TEC), proved similar to that found among preschoolers in Western Europe. However, Chinese children performed better at understanding the distinction between real and apparent…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns
Individual and Class Room Predictors of Same-Cultural Friendship Preferences in Multicultural Schools
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Stefanek, Elisabeth; Strohmeier, Dagmar; van de Schoot, Rens – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
This study was an investigation of individual and contextual predictors for same-cultural friendship preferences among non-immigrant (N = 125), Turkish (N = 196) and former Yugoslavian (N = 256) immigrant youths (M age = 14.39 years) in 36 multicultural classes. At the individual level age, gender, cultural group, number of friends, and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Friendship, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Parental Control is Not Unconditionally Detrimental for Externalizing Behaviors in Early Childhood
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Akcinar, Berna; Baydar, Nazli – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
The association of three different strategies of maternal control (behavioral, psychological, and physical), and maternal warmth with children's externalizing behaviors were analyzed in an observational study of 3-year-old children in Turkey ("N" = 123). The results indicated that (i) mothers exercised all three types of control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Problems
Cultural Predictors of the Parenting Cognitions of Immigrant Chinese Mothers and Fathers in Canada
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Costigan, Catherine; Su, Tina F. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
This study explored the predictors of parenting cognitions among 94 married immigrant Chinese couples with early-adolescent children in Canada. Mothers and fathers separately completed questionnaires assessing their culturally based parenting cognitions (interdependent childrearing goals, family obligation expectations and Chinese parent role…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Role, Child Rearing, Questionnaires
Cognitive Performance and Cognitive Style.
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International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1985
Investigates (1) the relationships between cognitive performance and cognitive styles and predictive possibilities and (2) performance differences by sex, school, grade, and income in 92 Indian adolescents. Assessment measures included Liquid Conservation, Islands, Goat-Lion, Hanoi-Tower, Rabbits (Piagetian); Block Design (WISC-R); Paper Cutting…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement