Conceptions of Adolescence: Implications for Differences in Engagement in School Over Early Adolescence in the United States and China

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• 作者：Yang Qu ; Eva M. Pomerantz ; Meifang Wang ; Cecilia Cheung…
• 刊名：Journal of Youth and Adolescence
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：45
• 期：7
• 页码：1512-1526
• 全文大小：631 KB
• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Child and School Psychology
  Clinical Psychology
  Health Psychology
  Law and Psychology
  History of Psychology
  Psychology
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-6601
• 卷排序：45

文摘

American youth are more prone to storm and stress during adolescence than are Chinese youth (e.g., American youth’s engagement in school declines more). However, it is unclear why. This research examined differences in conceptions of adolescence in the United States and China. Using both open- and closed-ended measures, youth (N = 397; 50 % female; mean age = 13.19 years) reported on their views of teens. American (vs. Chinese) youth were more likely to see adolescence as a time of decreased family responsibility along with increased individuation from parents, school disengagement, and peer orientation. Conceptions of adolescence as a time of dampened family responsibility and heightened school disengagement contributed to American (vs. Chinese) youth being less engaged in school over the seventh and eighth grades. The findings suggest that culture shapes ideas about adolescence, which contribute to differences in American and Chinese youth’s engagement in school over this phase.KeywordsAcademicsAdolescenceChinaSchool engagementMotivation