A Multimethod Study of Problem Behavior among Thai and American Children in School: Teacher Reports versus Direct Observations
| Autor: | Elizabeth W. Jackson, Wanchai Chaiyasit, Bahr Weiss, Karen L. Eastman, John R. Weisz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
Male Value (ethics) Psychometrics media_common.quotation_subject education Child Behavior Disorders Personality Assessment Social Environment Education Developmental psychology Style (sociolinguistics) parasitic diseases Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Cross-cultural Child Developing Countries media_common Observer Variation Politeness Incidence Perspective (graphical) Social environment Thailand United States Cross-Sectional Studies Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Temperament Observational study Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Development. 66:402-415 |
| ISSN: | 1467-8624 0009-3920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1995.tb00879.x |
| Popis: | Previous literature describes Thai children as unusually polite, deferent, and behaviorally restrained. Yet, in a recent study employing teacher reports, Thai children were reported to show many more behavior problems than American children. Such a finding may reflect culture-linked differences in the perspective of Thai versus American teachers. To explore this possibility, we used trained observers to conduct direct observations of Thai and American children's school behavior, and we obtained teacher reports on the same children. Observational results were precisely the opposite of previous and present teacher-report findings: Observers reported twice as much problem behavior and off-task behavior in American children as in their Thai age-mates. This pattern may reflect Thai-U.S. differences in teachers' style, societal values and practices, even child temperament. The findings support the value of direct behavior observation in cross-national research on child problems. |
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