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50 Years of ERIC
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Chinese Children's Conceptions of Shyness: A Prototype Approach
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Xu, Yiyuan; Farver, Jo Ann M.; Yang, Yu; Zeng, Qiang – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2008
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…
Descriptors: Shyness, Grade 4, Grade 5, Statistical Analysis
Moving Away or Fitting in?: Understanding Shyness in Chinese Children
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Xu, Yiyuan; Farver, Jo Ann M.; Chang, Lei; Zhang, Zengxiu; Yu, Lidong – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
This paper reports on three studies of shy behavior in Mainland Chinese children. In Study 1 (N = 107, M age = 10.05), a Chinese Shyness Scale (CSS) was developed based on Chinese teachers' open-ended descriptions of children's shy behavior. In Study 2 (N = 388, M age = 10.80) and Study 3 (N = 198, M age = 10.20), the construct validity of the two…
Descriptors: Shyness, Construct Validity, Validity, Children