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See this Science paper: https://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6122/953 https://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6122/953 Their main finding: "[We find that the
by chriskanan 11y ago
See this Science paper:
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6122/953 https://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6122/953
Their main finding: "[We find that the one-child policy] has produced significantly less trusting, less trustworthy, more risk-averse, less competitive, more pessimistic, and less conscientious individuals."
- Keyframe 11y agoExcellent start! Thanks. edit: This seems to be the paper that's not behind a paywall http://www.researchgate.net/publication/234104566_Little_Emperors_Behavioral_Impacts_of_China's_One-Child_Policy http://www.researchgate.net/publication/234104566_Little_Emp...
- o0-0o 11y agoIn my personal experiences dating women from China that now live in the US: There is also a loneliness, depression, and generalized malaise to their thoughts due to being an 'only child'.
- Keyframe 11y agoIf we take that observation as general rule (not that it is, but let's pretend) - wouldn't that make for a stronger collective then? In order to mitigate those issues. Lots of interesting speculations can be made. Sociologists and psychologists must have a field day there.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoInteresting. > less trusting, less trustworthy (...) less competitive I wonder how it goes together. "Less trusting" and "less trustworthy" should mean "less cooperating" and thus more competitive. Adding "more risk-averse", does this mean they just sit around doing nothing? I'd be interesting to read an additional analysis, as I notice I'm confused by those findings. But: > less competitive That's actually a good thing, isn't it?