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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 84-93Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406062128
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This study explored cultural differences in the criteria young people have for becoming an adult. Specifically, the study sought (a) to compare Chinese and American responses concerning whether they believe they have reached adulthood; (b) to examine whether adulthood criteria could fit a common statistical model for both cultures; and (c) after estimating this model, to compare the importance of adulthood criteria for Chinese and Americans. Results indicated that Chinese students considered themselves to be adults more than did American students. Also, Chinese students ascribed greater importance to criteria that reflect obligations toward others than did the Americans. The influence of culture in the transition to adulthood was discussed.
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