Thai and American perspectives on over- and undercontrolled child behavior problems: exploring the threshold model among parents, teachers, and psychologists.
Thai and American perspectives on over- and undercontrolled child behavior problems: exploring the threshold model among parents, teachers, and psychologists.
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泰国和美国对过度控制和控制不足的儿童行为问题的看法：探索父母、教师和心理学家之间的阈值模型。
DOI：
10.1037//0022-006x.56.4.601
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发表时间：
1988
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Anderson,WW
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作者：
Weisz,JR;Suwanlert,S;Chaiyasit,W;Weiss,B;Walter,BR;Anderson,WW
当一个孩子有心理问题时，是什么决定了成年人是否会认为问题严重，或者他们是否会寻求专业帮助？一个决定因素可能是文化：主流的社会价值观可能有助于设定成人对儿童问题的关注门槛。我们探讨了这种可能性，比较了泰国和美国的成年人，这两个国家的社会价值观和对儿童的看法有显着差异。泰国和美国的父母、教师和临床心理学家对两个孩子进行了判断，一个孩子有过度控制的问题（如害羞、恐惧），另一个有控制不足的问题（如不服从、打架）。与一些关于泰国佛教价值观的文献相一致，泰国人（与美国人相比）认为这两种类型的问题都不那么严重，不那么令人担忧，不太可能反映个性特征，更有可能随着时间的推移而改善。家长和教师比心理学家更明显的感知严重性的跨国差异，这表明，专业文化可能会减轻民族文化的影响。很明显，成人对儿童临床问题的判断会因其文化背景而明显不同。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020阿帕，保留所有权利）
When a child has psychological problems, what determines whether adults will consider the problems serious or whether they will seek professional help? One determinant may be cultural: Prevailing social values may help set adult thresholds for concern over child problems. We explored this possibility, comparing adults in Thailand and the United States, two countries where social values and perspectives on childhood differ markedly. Thai and American parents, teachers, and clinical psychologists made judgments about two children, one with overcontrolled problems (eg, shyness, fear) and one with undercontrolled problems (eg, disobedience, fighting). Consistent with some of the literature on Thai Buddhist values, Thais (compared with Americans) rated problems of both types as less serious, less worrisome, less likely to reflect personality traits, and more likely to improve with time. Cross-national differences in perceived seriousness were more pronounced for parents and teachers than for psychologists, suggesting that professional culture may mitigate the effects of national culture. Evidently, adults' judgments about child clinical problems can differ markedly as a function of their cultural context.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)