The Little Emperor: Chinese Parents' Assessment of Their Own, Their Partner's and Their Only Child's Intelligence

Autor/inn/en	Furnham, Adrian; Wu, Chun
Titel	The Little Emperor: Chinese Parents' Assessment of Their Own, Their Partner's and Their Only Child's Intelligence
Quelle	In: High Ability Studies, 25 (2014) 2, S.121-141 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-8139
DOI	10.1080/13598139.2014.966065
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parents; Intelligence; Sons; Daughters; Gender Differences; Multiple Intelligences; Personality Traits; Fathers; Mothers; Multiple Regression Analysis; Predictor Variables; Psychological Patterns; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Questionnaires; Multivariate Analysis; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Eltern; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Son; Sohn; Daughter; Tochter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Intelligenz (Psy); Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Mother; Mutter; Prädiktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Fragebogen; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	This study set out to examine whether Chinese parents, more than people from other nations, over-estimate the intelligence of their son (little emperor) compared to their daughter. In this study, 155 pairs of married couples from mainland China estimated their own, their partner's and their only child's overall intelligence and 13 "multiple intelligences." They also completed a short measure of the Big Five personality traits. Replicating previous studies, fathers rated themselves higher than mothers for almost all types of intelligence. Results revealed, however, no parental sex differences in the estimates of children's multiple intelligences. Both parents attributed higher overall, verbal, and musical intelligence, but lower existential intelligence to their child than to themselves. Multiple regressions indicated that estimates of verbal, logical-mathematical, spatial and intrapersonal intelligence were the best predictors of estimates of overall intelligence. Participants' openness and neuroticism were significant predictors of self-rated intelligence. The results were interpreted in relation to specific Chinese social and cultural influences, though there seemed to be no "little emperor" effect. (As Provided).
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