Inhibition, Social Relationships, and Early Adulthood Outcomes

这个项目的目的是研究如何抑制在幼儿期，反映在焦虑，警惕，警惕的行为在具有挑战性的情况下，有助于社会和心理调整在成年早期，以及社会关系如何影响这些贡献在不同的文化。 此外，亲子和同伴关系的情感和工具方面的作用将在早期抑制和成年结果之间的关系的形成进行检查。 来自中国和加拿大的两个样本中的儿童从儿童早期就参与了与该项目相关的先前研究，并将被纳入成年早期的随访研究。 通过访谈和问卷调查，从青少年、他们的父母和他们最好的朋友那里收集关于青少年社会和心理适应的数据。 该项目将通过调查中国和北美社会中抑制的长期结果，为人类发展背景知识做出重大贡献。 该项目还将提供宝贵的信息，说明早期儿童的特点和社会关系在不同情况下共同塑造发展的机制。 该项目的调查结果将帮助专业人士在美国制定具有文化敏感性和相关性的政策和实用计划，以促进儿童的适应性发展，特别是移民儿童和来自不同文化和种族背景的儿童。

The purpose of this project is to examine how inhibition in early childhood, as reflected in anxious, wary, and vigilant behaviors in challenging situations, contributes to social and psychological adjustment in early adulthood and how social relationships affect those contributions in different cultures. Moreover, the role of emotional and instrumental aspects of parent-child and peer relationships will be examined in the formation of the relations between early inhibition and adulthood outcomes. The children in two samples in China and Canada participated in previous studies related to this project from early childhood and will be included in a follow-up study in early adulthood. Data on young adults' social and psychological adjustment will be collected from the youth, their parents, and their best friends through interviews and questionnaires. The project will make significant contributions to knowledge about context for human development through investigating the long-term outcomes of inhibition in Chinese and North American societies. The project will also provide valuable information about the mechanisms in which early child characteristics and social relationships jointly shape development in different circumstances. Findings from the project will help professionals develop culturally sensitive and relevant policies and practical programs in the United States to promote adaptive development of children, particularly immigrant children and children from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.