Cross-cultural comparison of the developmental process of conflict management skills in early childhood.

在本研究中，我们调查了日本、韩国和中国学龄前儿童在人际冲突管理技能方面的文化差异是何时以及如何产生的。我们采用投射法测试儿童的人际冲突管理能力。结果表明，文化差异出现在3 ~ 5岁之间。韩国儿童在各年龄阶段均未表现出发展变化，均使用自我关注策略，而中国儿童则表现出从自我关注策略向他人关注策略的发展转变。在日本儿童中，优势策略在5岁时消失，日本儿童在经历人际冲突时同样使用两种策略。

In this study, we investigated when and how cultural differences of interpersonal conflict management skills emerged among Japanese, Korea and Chinese preschool children. We tested children's interpersonal conflict management skills using projective method. Results showed that the cultural differences emerged between 3 to 5 years old. Korean children did not show developmental change, children used self-concerned strategies in all ages, whereas Chinese children showed developmental shift from self-concerned to other-concerned strategies. In Japanese children, dominant strategies disappeared at 5 years old, Japanese children used both strategies equally when they experienced interpersonal conflicts.