Social initiative and behavioral control represent two major dimensions of children's social competence. Cultural norms and values with respect to these dimensions may affect the exhibition, meaning, and development of specific social behaviors such as sociability, shyness-inhibition, cooperation-compliance, and aggression-defiance, as well as the quality and function of social relationships. The culturally guided social interaction processes including evaluations and responses likely serve as an important mediator of cultural influence on children's social behaviors, relationships, and developmental patterns. In this article, we review research on children's social functioning and peer relationships in different cultures from an integrative contextual-developmental perspective. We also review research on the implications of the macro-level social and cultural changes that are happening in many societies for socialization and development of social competence.

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在文化背景下儿童的社会能力。

社会主动性和行为控制是儿童社会能力的两个主要方面。在这些方面的文化规范和价值观可能会影响特定社会行为的展示，意义和发展，例如社交性，羞怯抑制，合作顺从和侵略性以及社会关系的质量和功能。受文化指导的社会互动过程，包括评估和回应，很可能是文化对儿童社会行为，人际关系和发展方式的影响的重要中介。在本文中，我们从综合的语境发展角度回顾了关于儿童在不同文化中的社会功能和同伴关系的研究。