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- Title
Physical, achievement and personality characteristics of Chinese children.
- Authors
Falbo, T.; Poston, D. L.; Ji, G.; Jiao, S.; Jing, Q.; Wang, S.; Gu, Q.; Yin, H.; Liu, Y.
- Abstract
The physical, achievement, and personality characteristics of Chinese schoolchildren are evaluated. The results of two surveys of Chinese schoolchildren, conducted in Beijing and Jilin Province, are presented. In the Beijing sample, the differences between only children and others were small but statistically significant, with the only children having higher scores in achievement and physical size. In the Jilin Province sample, the differences between only children and others were also small but significant. These differences were found entirely in physical characteristics, with only children being smaller, perhaps because the only children in the Jilin sample were much younger than the non-only children. Analyses of the combined sample of Beijing and Jilin schoolchildren indicated that the only-child advantages in achievement were found among children from urban families, not rural peasant families. While significant differences in height and weight were found in all three samples, none of the results indicated a significant difference in the proportion of body fat. None of the analyses indicated that only children had undesirable personalities, as judged by teachers and mothers.
- Subjects
CHINA; PEDIATRIC physiology; PERSONALITY; FAMILY planning services; ECONOMIC development; PARENT-child relationships; FACTOR analysis; CHILD development; COMPARATIVE studies; HUMAN constitution; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1989, Vol 21, Issue 4, p483
- ISSN
0021-9320
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021932000018228