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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Only children"”.
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Chinese only children: Experiences in U.S. universities
… resulted in the unique family pattern of having only one child. Although researchers have recognized the importance of learning about Chinese students, this unique family structure and its impact are still understudied. In this research, I would like to review the relationship between the …
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The Public Perceptions and Personal Experiences of Only Children Growing Up in Britain, c. 1850-1950
This thesis argues that only-childhood was never the sole, and only ever a minor, determinant of only children’s experiences. It analyses autobiographies and oral history interviews of only children who grew up between 1850 and 1950 to show how personal inclinations, parental attitudes, domestic …
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On Becoming a Reflexive Practitioner
Research into the world of the only child has been dominated by the existence of the enduring stereotype of the spoilt and lonely child. This has resulted in a wide range of studies that vary in opinion and have tended to polarise the experience from a negative and damaging one, moving to a more …
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Children's Adaptive Psychological Functioning In The Face Of Adversity
… of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) data. Only children from the CPS sample were used and included only children who were 48 months or younger at the time of the initial survey (N=1,582). At the time of the initial survey, only the caregivers of 406 children were able to complete the Child …
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The Effect Of Birth Order On Age At First Sex And Total Number Of Lifetime Sexual Partners
… number of partners. The results also show that only children are different from firstborn children in that they report higher numbers of partners and slightly earlier age at first sex. These findings indicate the relevance of including birth order and examining only children and firstborns …
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The Relationship Between Birth Order and Standardized Reading Test Scores
<p>The study was undertaken to determine If the only child and the eldest child in a family would score significantly higher on a standardized reading test than siblings occupying other positions in the birth order. Eleventh grade students at a public high school in a southwestern county in Georgia …
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A Comparison of Full-Day and Half-Day English and French Immersion Kindergarten: Children's Outcomes and Experiences
… of this research was to examine kindergarten children’s outcomes and experiences in four program models: full-day French immersion, half-day French immersion, full-day English, and half-day English. This quasi-experimental study employed a mixed methods approach. Child participants (N=70) …
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Essays in Behavioural and Experimental Economics
… 1, I investigate what effect growing up as an only-child has on social and risk preferences, trust, and behaviour in strategic interaction. To do that, I use data from a laboratory experiment in which university students participated in three different games (a public goods game, a response …
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Destination Diploma: How Chinese Upper-Middle-Class Families “Outsource” Secondary Education to the United States
… urban upper-middle-class families sending their only children, the so-called “parachute students,” to American private high schools in a triple framework of transnational elite education, the emerging global middle class, and the complicated formation of citizenship, membership, and identities …
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Parent and sibling relationship influences on late adolescent social anxiety and other adjustment outcomes
… acceptance self-worth. Social anxiety levels of only children and children with siblings also were compared. Five-hundred and fifteen (337 females, 178 males) participants in late adolescence completed a questionnaire packet according to whether or not they had siblings. The questionnaire packets …
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A Positive Psychology Perspective on Chinese EFL Students’ Well-Being, Language Mindset, and English Performance
… compared to their counterparts, women, only children, and participants from urban areas outperformed in CET 4 scores significantly. The results suggested stakeholders could enhance students’ English performance by improving their well-being levels and cultivating GLM overall. In …
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Rich or Black? Examining Attitudes Toward Children Who Differ by Wealth and Race
… al., 2012). I examined adults’ (Studies 1-3) and children’s (Study 3) associations with race and wealth using a child-friendly Implicit Association Test (IAT) and explicit measures. When adult participants were asked to categorize by wealth (Study 1 and 2) or race (Study 2), they showed positive …
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The Effects of Family Structure and Family Process on the Psychological Well-Being of Children: From the Children's Point of View
The impact of family structure on children’s outcomes is a highly debated topic in literature on the family. This research made an attempt to engage in this debate by testing the family process perspective. Theorists who favor this perspective believe that the effects of family structure on …
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Report Construction When Domestic Violence Surrounds or Involves Children
Household violence that involves children can be complicated situations to understand and describe for police responding to calls. Police reports are important in prosecuting cases by informing and reminding criminal justice personnel of what occurred in incidents, and inconsistencies between …
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Self perceptions of sibling relationships
… and social roles. Research has asserted that children learn by observing the actions of their siblings, which transcend into other aspects of their own lives. One hundred and one undergraduate college students were separated into three categories: younger sibling subjects (<em>n</em>=47), …
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The relationship of birth order and socioeconomic status to the creativity of preschool children
… 68 middle- and lower-class Caucasian preschool children attending a nursery school, kindergarten, or day-care center in Southwestern Virginia was measured by an object-identification originality test developed by Elizabeth K. Starkweather at the Oklahoma State University. Each child was tested …
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Rate changes In risky behavior & the role of sibling influence
… who did not have older siblings (eldest and only children). The Argys, et al. study used data collected from the first round of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) '97, using responses from 9,000 participants aged 12-17 years. The present study seeks to determine if this trend …
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Tutu Tuesday! A Childrens Animated Show Diving into Representation
“Tutu Tuesday!” is a children’s animated series following a plus size dancer, Ruby, as she leads her dance team to nationals! Ruby faces the challenges any 10-year-old faces with the help of her two best friends JJ and Auggie, in which they find that together they are unstoppable! With this show, I …
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Infant and child mortality differentials in the southern region of Malawi
… using unweighted data for the Southern Region only. Children were the unit of analysis and probabilities of dying in infancy or childhood were calculated by the various variables. The results indicate that both infant and child mortality is highest among children of teenagers. Differences by …
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