"Now I Am Living in Norway": Immigrant Girls Describe Themselves

Stiles, Deborah A.; Gibbons, Judith L.; Lie, Suzanne; Sand, Therese; Krull, Jodie

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“…Swedish children have also been shown to score lower on egocentricity measures than children from the United States (Spigelman, Spigelman, & Englesson, 1991). Finally, Norwegian adolescents indicated less positive self-views and less optimistic predictions of their own futures than a culturally varied sample of Norwegian immigrants (Stiles, Gibbons, Lie, Sand, & Krull, 1998).…”

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Feeling Good about Ourselves

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Seger

2004

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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The “better-than-average” effect, the tendency for people to view themselves as above average on positive characteristics but belowaverage on negative characteristics, is an important manifestation of the motive for self-enhancement. The present research examined whether the better-than-average effect occurred in Norway, a country with strong norms for modesty, and whether the same association between unrealistically positive self-appraisals and self-esteem would be observed in Norway and the United States. Seventy-six American and 102 Norwegian participants were asked to rate the favorability and self-descriptiveness of 42 personality traits, and these ratings were used to generate a self-enhancement index. Norwegians showed significantly less self-enhancement bias than did Americans, and Norwegians showed no association between self-esteem and self-enhancement bias.

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Feeling Good about Ourselves

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2004

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…One alternative to this approach which is not subject to some of these shortcomings is the use of drawings. The potential to combine research into children's ideals with drawing as a research tool was first explored by Stiles et al (1998) The study detailed in the next part of this article uses drawings in a way that builds on DiCarlo et al's (2000) child-centred approach to work with Street Children, Stiles and Gibbons's (2000) analysis, and Kelly's (1989) study of the development of career preferences. It is concerned with the Street Children of Kolkata (Calcutta), India.…”

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Using Children’s Drawings as Data in Child-Centred Research

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Guérin

2006

The Irish Journal of Psychology

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Child-centred research shows a respect for children and promotes their entitlement to be considered as persons of value and persons with rights. With the growing interest in this approach to psychological research, researchers are using new methods to help them access children's perspectives. While drawings have been in use throughout the history of developmental psychology, they have more often been used as projective tests than as tools to access the views of children. This paper examines the use of drawings as data in child-centred psychological research, focusing on the benefits of this method and issues of data analysis, with reference to some of the existing literature in this area. The example at the heart of this paper explores the career aspirations of 151 Street Children from Kolkata (Calcutta), India, by asking them to draw a picture of 'the sort of person you want to be when you grow up'. This method allowed the participation of children who are not literate, and was also seen as an unintimidating and even enjoyable activity for the children involved. Conclusions will be drawn around the potential and actual contribution of drawings to child-centred research. Children's drawings have been of interest to psychologists for over a century (Sully, 1896). Drawings have since been used as indicators of

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“…As a result, the use of drawings is a popular choice among researchers and educators hoping to better understand the lives of children. Examples include studies focused on children's family life (Fury, Carlson, & Sroufe, 1997;Lev-Wiesel & Al-Krenawi, 2000), peer relationships (Bombi & Pinto, 1994;Pinto, Bombi, & Cordioli, 1997;Rubenstein, Feldman, Rubin, & Noveck, 1987), school experiences (Aronsson & Andersson, 1996;Bonoti, Misailidi, & Gregoriou, 2003;Gamradt & Staples, 1994;Prout & Celmer, 1984), and self-perceptions (Stiles, Gibbons, & de Silva, 1996;Stiles, Gibbons, Lie, Sand, & Krull, 1998). Researchers also have demonstrated the use of drawings to better understand children's perceptions of health and illness (Piko & Bak, 2006;Pridmore & Bendelow, 1995), to learn more about children's breakfast habits (Box & Landman, 1994), and to explore children's understanding of physical activity (Lévesque, Cargo, & Salsberg, 2004;Pearce, Harrell, & McMurray, 2008).…”

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“I Like to Jump on My Trampoline”: An Analysis of Drawings From 8- to 12-Year-Old Children Beginning a Weight-Management Program

2009

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The main objective of this exploratory study was to assess children's perceptions of their activity choices as they began a weight-management program for overweight children and their families. During pretesting of a 10-week weight-management program, participating children were asked to draw pictures of themselves doing something. The drawings of 35 children, ages 8 to 12, were qualitatively analyzed. The analysis focused on (a) the type of activities (i.e., physical or sedentary) children chose to convey, (b) the specific focus of the activities described, (c) the children's future activity choices, and (d) the children's responses to the activities they drew. Seventy-one percent of the participating children drew themselves engaged in a physical activity. These results are notable and suggest positive perceptions of physical activities. Children's views related to their activity choices might play a role in designing weight-management programs that successfully increase children's adherence to long-term physical activity.

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"Now I Am Living in Norway": Immigrant Girls Describe Themselves

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

Feeling Good about Ourselves

Feeling Good about Ourselves

Using Children’s Drawings as Data in Child-Centred Research

“I Like to Jump on My Trampoline”: An Analysis of Drawings From 8- to 12-Year-Old Children Beginning a Weight-Management Program

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