Self-esteem: A cross-cultural comparison of British-Chinese, White British and Hong Kong Chinese children

Self-esteem: A cross-cultural comparison of British-Chinese, White British and Hong Kong Chinese children

• Chan, Yiu Man Hong Kong Institute of Education

Educational Psychology, 20(1), 59-74, 2000

Routledge

2000

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AC Socialization, Self-concept, Self-esteem, Identity, Affective, Emotional, Psycho-social & Moral Development
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Academic Aspiration Age Children Cross Cultural Studies Ethnic Groups Foreign Countries Self Esteem Sex Surveys Whites Hong Kong United Kingdom

• Hong Kong
• Great Britain

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Total raw self-esteem scores of 1303 children, including Chinese children in Britain and Hong Kong and White British, were assessed by using the Self-esteem Inventory developed by Coopersmith (1967). Across all samples, the results show little differences between children of different ages, whereas statistically significant differences occur in the independent variables of ethnic groups, gender and educational aspiration. Despite the social disadvantages that the UK Chinese may face, they have significantly higher self-esteem than their Hong Kong Chinese counterparts, but have little differences from their White peers. This indicates that they are likely to have positive feelings and academic confidence in being themselves and as part of the host society. In contrast, Hong Kong children tend to have low levels of self-esteem, which may be caused by the more self-effacing and modest values in Chinese culture, a traditional authoritarian style of education or highly competitive pressures created by schools, families and society.
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• English

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• 10.1080/014434100110380

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2010-09-27