Humour among Chinese and Greek preschool children in relation to cognitive development

dc.creator	Yong WANG
dc.creator	XiangKui ZHANG
dc.creator	Juan GUO
dc.creator	Aphrodite XEROMERITOU
dc.date	2011-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:51:07Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:51:07Z
dc.identifier	1307-9298
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a4c5f97f75704df285dfe6a2957d8773
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23748
dc.description	The researchers studied humour among Chinese and Greek preschool children in relation to cognitive development. The sample included 55 Chinese children and 50 Greek children ages 4½ to 5½ years. Results showed that both Chinese and Greek children‘s humour recognition were significantly and positively correlated to their cognitive development, but there was a different correlation pattern between humour response levels and cognitive development. Chinese children‘s level of humour responses was negatively and moderately correlated to their level of cognitive development in contrast to the positive correlation between these two variables among the Greek children. It would appear that cultural factors play a strong role in determining the correlation between humour response and cognitive development among young children.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
dc.relation	http://www.iejee.com/3_3_2011/3_3_153_170.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-9298
dc.source	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 153-170 (2011)
dc.subject	humour
dc.subject	Chinese
dc.subject	Greek
dc.subject	preschool children
dc.subject	cognitive development
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Humour among Chinese and Greek preschool children in relation to cognitive development
dc.type	article