The Emergence of Cultural Self-Constructs: Autobiographical Memory and Self-Description in European American and Chinese Children

Autor/in	Wang, Qi
Titel	The Emergence of Cultural Self-Constructs: Autobiographical Memory and Self-Description in European American and Chinese Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 40 (2004) 1, S.3-15 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Grade 2; Chinese Americans; Self Concept; Autobiographies; Cultural Traits; Cultural Differences; White Students; Comparative Analysis; Preschool Children; Grade 1 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Selbstkonzept; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Kultureller Unterschied; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01
Abstract	This study examined the emergence of cultural self-constructs as reflected in children's remembered and conceptual aspects of the self. European American and Chinese children in preschool through 2nd grade participated (N=180). Children each recounted 4 autobiographical events and described themselves in response to open-ended questions. American children often provided elaborate and detailed memories focusing on their own roles, preferences, and feelings; they also frequently described themselves in terms of personal attributes, abstract dispositions, and inner traits in a positive light. Chinese children provided relatively skeletal accounts of past experiences that centered on social interactions and daily routines, and they often described themselves in terms of social roles, context-specific characteristics, and oven behaviors in a neutral or modest tone. Findings are discussed in light of the self as a constructed meaning system of culture that emerges early in life. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10