Family Size and Children Development How Does the Number of Children Affect the Growth of Chinese College Students

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10.2991/assehr.k.220704.044How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sibship size; Chinese college students; Parental expectation; Gender stereotype; Socioeconomics status(SES)

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the development of college students and their family situations including family size, parental expectation, socioeconomic status, and gender stereotype in China. It is a survey-based study with 55 participants (24 female and 31 male) who randomly selected from different provinces in China. The survey contains 23 questionnaires from the perspectives of parent expectation on children graduation level, major selection, self report peer relationship, family relationship. The findings revealed that parental expectation, socioeconomic status, gender stereotype do not significantly associate with family size. It is suggested that parents expect more frequently from children with siblings. It is also suggested that parents investment equally share by neglect the numbers of children. Furthermore, participants report gender stereotypes are less likely to occur regardless of sibling size.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yi Lin
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - Family Size and Children Development How Does the Number of Children Affect the Growth of Chinese College Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 237
EP  - 245
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.044
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.044
ID  - Lin2022
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