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| Chinese children's explanations for illness | |
Zhu, Liqi1 ; Liu, Guangyi1; Tardif, Twila2; L. Q. Zhu
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| 摘要 | The study explored how Chinese children spontaneously explained the causes of illness. Two groups of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children from different socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds were recruited, with 30 children in each age group. A group of 30 college students were also recruited and their responses compared to those produced by the children. Participants' responses were coded as belonging to one of five mutually exclusive categories: psychogenic, biological, behavioral, symptomatic, or other. Results indicated that children's causal explanations were mostly behavioral and symptomatic, with more biological explanations for older children than for younger. In contrast, adults' explanations were mostly biological and psychogenic. Although adults were influenced by concepts in Chinese traditional medicine that tie negative emotions to illness, Chinese children did not mention emotional causes for illness. Nonetheless, Chinese children also offered some explanations based on concepts of "wind" and "cold," which may be a result of cultural experience with some aspects of traditional Chinese medicine.; The study explored how Chinese children spontaneously explained the causes of illness. Two groups of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children from different socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds were recruited, with 30 children in each age group. A group of 30 college students were also recruited and their responses compared to those produced by the children. Participants' responses were coded as belonging to one of five mutually exclusive categories: psychogenic, biological, behavioral, symptomatic, or other. Results indicated that children's causal explanations were mostly behavioral and symptomatic, with more biological explanations for older children than for younger. In contrast, adults' explanations were mostly biological and psychogenic. Although adults were influenced by concepts in Chinese traditional medicine that tie negative emotions to illness, Chinese children did not mention emotional causes for illness. Nonetheless, Chinese children also offered some explanations based on concepts of "wind" and "cold," which may be a result of cultural experience with some aspects of traditional Chinese medicine. |
| 关键词 | Chinese traditional medicine culture illness naive biology |
| 学科领域 | 认知心理学 ; 发展心理学 |
| 2009-11-01 | |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 发表期刊 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
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| ISSN | 0165-0254 |
| 卷号 | 33期号:6页码:516-519 |
| 期刊论文类型 | Article |
| 收录类别 | SSCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000271142100004 |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5247 |
| 专题 | 中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010) |
| 通讯作者 | L. Q. Zhu |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA |
| 第一作者单位 | 中国科学院心理研究所 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhu, Liqi,Liu, Guangyi,Tardif, Twila,et al. Chinese children's explanations for illness[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT,2009,33(6):516-519. |
| APA | Zhu, Liqi,Liu, Guangyi,Tardif, Twila,&L. Q. Zhu.(2009).Chinese children's explanations for illness.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT,33(6),516-519. |
| MLA | Zhu, Liqi,et al."Chinese children's explanations for illness".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 33.6(2009):516-519. |
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