Culture, coping, and context: primary and secondary control among Thai and American youth
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The impact of culture on child coping may best be seen as an interaction between culture and type of stressor, according to research based on children's reports of their coping in response to six types of stressors and comparing Thai and American children. Differences between these two groups of children in approaches to coping with two of the stressors were consistent with earlier research on Thai child-rearing and cultural traditions. Thai children are more likely that American children to use covert coping methods when interacting with adults, but they are not more likely to use secondary control goals or to give up control.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1999
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Distinguishing serious and playful fighting by children with learning disabilities and nondisabled children
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The rough-and-tumble (R&T) play of primary school children, particularly boys, is linked to aspects of social competence such as peer affiliation and social problem-solving flexibility. A study aimed to determine whether children with learning disabilities (LD) differed from non-LD children in their ability to distinguish serious and playful fighting. It was found that children with LD use fewer social cues and are not as accurate in making judgements about the nature of behavioural episodes, but the acquisition of the meaning of certain cues can follow the same sequences as non-LD children.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1999
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