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- Title
The academic, personality, and physical outcomes of only children in China.
- Authors
Falbo, T; Poston, D L, Jr
- Abstract
Representative samples of 1,000 schoolchildren from 4 Chinese provinces were surveyed to compare the outcomes of only children to those of firstborn and later-born children. The children's ages ranged from 8 to 17 years, with half of the sample in the third grade and the other half in the sixth grade. 3 types of outcomes were considered. In terms of academics, differences between only children and others were found in 3 of the 4 provincial samples, with onlies being most likely to outscore others in verbal tests. In terms of personality evaluations, very few only-child effects were found. In 2 of the 4 provincial samples, only children were found to be taller or to weigh more than others. Taken together, these results suggest that the one-child policy in China is not producing a generation of "little emperors."
- Publication
Child development, 1993, Vol 64, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1993.tb02893.x