title: Self-concept and sociometric outcomes: a comparison of only children and sibling children from urban and rural areas in the People's Republic of China.
abstract: We investigated differences in self-concept between 360 only children and 555 sibling children in the sixth grade of three urban schools and three rural schools in the People's Republic of China. Peer perceptions and teacher perceptions were also collected using sociometric measures. Self-concept was determined by the Self-Perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1985). Comparisons of sibling children and only children showed no differences on self-concept; however, urban residents had higher self-concept scores than children from rural areas, and boys scored higher than girls. No significant interaction effects between sibling status, gender, and residence were found.
authors.affiliation: Human Development and the Family, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68583-0809.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Ming
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009863:Only Child / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012424:Rural Population; D012649:Self Concept; D012801:Sibling Relations; D012963:Sociometric Techniques; D014505:Urban Population