Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to Chinese American children’s self-regulation
The present study examined whether bilingualism-related advantages in self-regulation could be observed: a) among Chinese American immigrant children with varying levels of Chinese and English proficiencies, and b) across different domains of self-regulation in laboratory, home, and classroom contex...
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| description | The present study examined whether bilingualism-related advantages in self-regulation could be observed: a) among Chinese American immigrant children with varying levels of Chinese and English proficiencies, and b) across different domains of self-regulation in laboratory, home, and classroom contexts. A socioeconomically diverse sample of first- and second-generation Chinese American immigrant children between ages 7 and 10 (n = 223) was administered assessments of Chinese and English language proficiencies and a multi-method, multi-informant battery of self-regulation measures. Multiple regression analyses suggested that controlling for covariates (child age, gender, and SES), children’s bilingualism-related advantages were limited to higher performance only on computerized tasks of cognitive flexibility, and only among children with higher degrees of fluency in both Chinese and English. By contrast, proficiencies in one language (either Chinese or English) were uniquely and positively associated with other domains of self-regulation, including parent and teacher-reported effortful control. These results suggest that the bilingual advantage for self-regulation may be observed as a continuous variable among immigrant children with varying levels of bilingual fluency; however, this advantage may not extend across all domains and contexts of self-regulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5455fa6e0b5247198d21b706eb921b3e2022-12-21T18:19:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-09-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.0106998631Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to Chinese American children’s self-regulationStephen H Chen0Qing eZhou1Yuuko eUchikoshi2Silvia A Bunge3Wellesley CollegeUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe present study examined whether bilingualism-related advantages in self-regulation could be observed: a) among Chinese American immigrant children with varying levels of Chinese and English proficiencies, and b) across different domains of self-regulation in laboratory, home, and classroom contexts. A socioeconomically diverse sample of first- and second-generation Chinese American immigrant children between ages 7 and 10 (n = 223) was administered assessments of Chinese and English language proficiencies and a multi-method, multi-informant battery of self-regulation measures. Multiple regression analyses suggested that controlling for covariates (child age, gender, and SES), children’s bilingualism-related advantages were limited to higher performance only on computerized tasks of cognitive flexibility, and only among children with higher degrees of fluency in both Chinese and English. By contrast, proficiencies in one language (either Chinese or English) were uniquely and positively associated with other domains of self-regulation, including parent and teacher-reported effortful control. These results suggest that the bilingual advantage for self-regulation may be observed as a continuous variable among immigrant children with varying levels of bilingual fluency; however, this advantage may not extend across all domains and contexts of self-regulation.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01069/fullExecutive FunctionbilingualismSelf-regulationEffortful Controlimmigrant children |
| spellingShingle | Stephen H Chen Qing eZhou Yuuko eUchikoshi Silvia A Bunge Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to Chinese American children’s self-regulation Frontiers in Psychology Executive Function bilingualism Self-regulation Effortful Control immigrant children |
| title | Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to Chinese American children’s self-regulation |
| title_full | Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to Chinese American children’s self-regulation |
| title_fullStr | Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to Chinese American children’s self-regulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to Chinese American children’s self-regulation |
| title_short | Variations on the bilingual advantage? Links of Chinese and English proficiency to Chinese American children’s self-regulation |
| title_sort | variations on the bilingual advantage links of chinese and english proficiency to chinese american children s self regulation |
| topic | Executive Function bilingualism Self-regulation Effortful Control immigrant children |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01069/full |
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