caa a22 4500 386396558 CHVBK 20180307112140.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021932000018228 doi S0021932000018228 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021932000018228 Physical, achievement and personality characteristics of Chinese children [Elektronische Daten] The physical, achievement, and personality characteristics of Chinese schoolchildren are evaluated. The results of two surveys of Chinese schoolchildren, conducted in Beijing and Jilin Province, are presented. In the Beijing sample, the differences between only children and others were small but statistically significant, with the only children having higher scores in achievement and physical size. In the Jilin Province sample, the differences between only children and others were also small but significant. These differences were found entirely in physical characteristics, with only children being smaller, perhaps because the only children in the Jilin sample were much younger than the non-only children. Analyses of the combined sample of Beijing and Jilin schoolchildren indicated that the only-child advantages in achievement were found among children from urban families, not rural peasant families. While significant differences in height and weight were found in all three samples, none of the results indicated a significant difference in the proportion of body fat. None of the analyses indicated that only children had undesirable personalities, as judged by teachers and mothers. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Falbo T. University of Texas, Austin, USA Poston D. L. Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Ji G. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Jiao S. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Jing Q. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Wang S. Jilin University, Changchun, China Gu Q. Jilin University, Changchun, China Yin H. Jilin University, Changchun, China Liu Y. Jilin University, Changchun, China Journal of Biosocial Science Cambridge University Press 21/4(1989-10), 483-496 0021-9320 21:4<483 1989 21 JBS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932000018228 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932000018228 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Falbo T. University of Texas, Austin, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poston D. L. Cornell University, Ithaca, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ji G. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jiao S. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jing Q. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang S. Jilin University, Changchun, China NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gu Q. Jilin University, Changchun, China NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yin H. Jilin University, Changchun, China NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Y. Jilin University, Changchun, China NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Biosocial Science Cambridge University Press 21/4(1989-10), 483-496 0021-9320 21:4<483 1989 21 JBS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge