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

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Roskam, Isabelle [UCL] Hoang, Thi Van [UCL] Schelstraete, Marie-Anne [UCL]

(eng) 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.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2016
Language Anglais
Journal information "Early Education and Development" - Vol. 28, no. 4, p. 475-487 (2016)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Routledge (Philadelphia)
issn 1040-9289
e-issn 1556-6935
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
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Bibliographic reference Roskam, Isabelle ; Hoang, Thi Van ; Schelstraete, Marie-Anne. A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Belgian and Vietnamese Children’s Social Competence and Behavior. In: Early Education and Development, Vol. 28, no. 4, p. 475-487 (2016)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/178090