A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Belgian and Vietnamese Children's Social Competence and Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Roskam, Isabelle; Hoang, Thi Vân; Schelstraete, Marie-Anne
Titel	A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Belgian and Vietnamese Children's Social Competence and Behavior
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 28 (2017) 4, S.475-487 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2016.1248167
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Competence; Child Development; Emotional Adjustment; Factor Structure; Validity; Parent Attitudes; Children; Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Cultural Differences; Measures (Individuals); Individualism; Collectivism; Regression (Statistics); Likert Scales; Structural Equation Models; Statistical Analysis; Factor Analysis; Belgium; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kindesentwicklung; Emotionale Anpassung; Faktorenstruktur; Gültigkeit; Elternverhalten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kultureller Unterschied; Messdaten; Individualismus; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Faktorenanalyse; Belgien
Abstract	Children's social competence and behavioral adjustment are key issues for child development, education, and clinical research. Cross-cultural analyses are necessary to provide relevant methods of assessing them for cross-cultural research. The aim of the current study was to contribute to this important line of research by validating the 3-factor structure of the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE-30; LaFrenière & Dumas, 1996) among Belgian and Vietnamese children and by comparing Belgian and Vietnamese children's social competence and behavioral adjustment. Parent reports were collected relating to 607 children ages 5 to 7: 243 from Belgium and 364 from Vietnam. The results support the universality of the 3-factor structure of the SCBE-30 encompassing social competence, externalizing behavior, and internalizing behavior. They give strong support to the relevance of this theoretically and empirically based instrument for conducting cross-cultural studies. However, they also reveal significant cultural variations with regard to individualist and collectivist values in the 2 countries under consideration. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01