Conceptions of Success: Their Correlates with Prosocial Orientation and Behavior in Chinese Adolescents.

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Title: Conceptions of Success: Their Correlates with Prosocial Orientation and Behavior in Chinese Adolescents.
Language: English
Authors: Cheung, Ping Chung, Ma, Hing Keung, Shek, Daniel T. L.
Source: Journal of Adolescence. Feb 1998 21(1):31-42.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 1998
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Standards, Chinese, Cooperation, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Moral Development, Prosocial Behavior, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Social Behavior, Success
ISSN: 0140-1971
Abstract: Data from a sample of 673 Chinese adolescents lent support to the hypothesis that concepts of success or achievement goals affect both inclination to and the actual performance of prosocial acts. Sex differences and grade differences in the relationship between conceptions of success and prosocial and antisocial behaviors were found. Discusses implications of these findings. (MKA)
Entry Date: 1999
Accession Number: EJ571492
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Data from a sample of 673 Chinese adolescents lent support to the hypothesis that concepts of success or achievement goals affect both inclination to and the actual performance of prosocial acts. Sex differences and grade differences in the relationship between conceptions of success and prosocial and antisocial behaviors were found. Discusses implications of these findings. (MKA)
ISSN:0140-1971