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Sociology, Nanchang University, China
On the basis of a life span theory of control, five hypothetical situations involving interpersonal
conflicts were presented to 252 Chinese participants from 25 to 75 years old. They expressed their
coping strategies. The results indicated that most of adults held secondary control, but the ratio of
young adults holding primary control is significantly more than that of older adults holding
primary control. Context and cohort effects were the noticeable factors led to age differences on
orientation of strategy. It also implied that the cultural background influenced individual's
interpersonal problem solving.
5114.4 Structural and functional characteristics of speech in young adults in a problem-solving
context, Maria Stylianou 1 , Maria Damianova 2 , 1 University of Liverpool, UK, 2 Monash. South
Africa
The prevalence, structure and function of speech in a problem-solving situation in young adults
was investigated. The participants used social, private and inner speech, with social speech
featuring most prominently. The predicative structure and the self-regulatory function of private
speech were confirmed. Social speech manifested both complete and fragmented constituency. It
displayed a multifaceted function of communication, other and self- regulation. The commonality
between social and private speech was found to lie in their predicativity and self- regulatory
function. It is argued that the outcome of cognitive maturation in adults resides in the
interchangeable use of all speech types.
5114.5 Effective factors of the strategies selection of distributing working memory, Jianzhong
Wo, Huijuan Liu, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, China
This study focused on effective factors of the strategies selection of distributing working memory
in 449 students from 9 to18 years old. Results indicated that the processing of the problems speeds
up with the digit span increasing in all kinds of interval step problems. In the period of primary
school, the most powerful effect is age, then the interval step, digit span, sequence practice, the
last is strategy. Compared to the primary school students, the most powerful effect is the interval
step, the second one is strategy, then the sequence practice, the digit span and the last one is age.
5114.6 A comparative study of attachment styles among twins and singletons, Mojtaba Habibi,
Mohammad Ali Besharat, Hamid Shamsipour, The University of Tehran, Iran
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of co-twin presence in the development of
attachment style. The subjects were 30 twin pairs (n= 60) and 60 singletons. All subjects were
asked to complete the Adult Attachment Inventory. Twins presented secure attachment style more
than did singletons, and identical twins showed secure attachment style more than did fraternal
twins; none of the results were statistically significant. However, the higher frequency of twins'
secure attachment style comparing to the lower frequency of singletons' secure attachment style
could be explained by the proximity of a familiar person (the co-twin).
5114.7 Analysis on students’ homosex intimate behavior in Chinese universities, Youwei Yan,
Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
In order to know the characteristics and rule of university students’ homosex intimate behavior,
homosexual love and development, we make self-report questionnaires to be filled separately by
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