Young children's social withdrawal and teacher–child relationship quality: A cross‐cultural comparison between the Netherlands and China

The present study investigated how young children's (5-to-8-year-olds) social inhibition and solitary behavior were associated with teacher–child relationship quality whether these associations differed across the Netherlands China. Dutch sample included 35 teachers 201 children (49% girls). Chinese consisted of 19 152 (50% Teachers rated behavior, their (closeness, conflict) each child. Multilevel linear modeling revealed that in both countries, was negatively closeness positively conflict. These equally strong China Netherlands. One association countries: Social conflict Netherlands, whereas this not significant As such, cultural values could affect links to relationships. Caution is recommended when generalizing findings from one country another country.