Chen Xinyin, DeSouza Amanda T, Chen Huichang, Wang Li
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Dev Psychol. 2006 Jul;42(4):656-65. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.4.656.
In this study, the authors examined relations between reticent behavior in unfamiliar peer situations and experiences in interactions in Chinese and Canadian children. Observational data were collected from samples of children at 4 years of age in the People's Republic of China and Canada. The results indicated that relations between reticent behavior and peer initiations were similar in the 2 samples. The differences between the samples were mainly in peer responses. Reticent behavior was associated with peer rejection such as overt refusal and disagreement in the Canadian sample but with positive responses such as approval in the Chinese sample, particularly when children made low-power initiations. The results suggest that reticent children in China and Canada may have similar as well as different experiences in social interactions.
在本研究中，作者考察了中国和加拿大儿童在不熟悉的同伴情境中的沉默行为与互动体验之间的关系。研究人员从中华人民共和国和加拿大4岁儿童样本中收集了观察数据。结果表明，两个样本中沉默行为与同伴发起互动之间的关系相似。样本之间的差异主要体现在同伴反应上。在加拿大样本中，沉默行为与同伴拒绝（如公然拒绝和不同意）相关，但在中国样本中，沉默行为与积极反应（如认可）相关，尤其是当儿童发起低权力互动时。研究结果表明，中国和加拿大的沉默儿童在社交互动中可能有相似和不同的体验。
