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- Title
Chinese Children's Conceptions of Shyness: A Prototype Approach.
- Authors
Yiyuan Xu; Farver, Jo Ann M.; Yu Yang; Qiang Zeng
- Abstract
Three studies were conducted to explore Chinese children's understanding of shyness. In Study 1 (N = 174, M age = 10.18) interviews with Chinese children revealed a group of diverse attributes that characterized their conceptions of shyness. In Study 2 (N = 273, M age = 10.19) a rating procedure was used to identify attributes that were prototypical of a Chinese shy child. Study 3 (N = 216, M age = 10.24) explored the typology and dimensions underlying Chinese children's descriptions of a shy child by asking them to compare and rate the similarity of shyness attributes derived in Study 1 and Study 2. The findings suggest that there are both cultural similarities and variations in children's conceptions of shyness.
- Subjects
BASHFULNESS in children; CHILD psychology; CHINESE people; CHILDREN; QUALITATIVE research; EMOTIONS in children; BASHFULNESS; ATTACHMENT behavior in children; INTERVIEWING
- Publication
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008, Vol 54, Issue 4, p515
- ISSN
0272-930X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/mpq.0.0007