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Caporaso, Jessica S.; Boseovski, Janet J.; Marcovitch, Stuart – Infant and Child Development, 2019
The present study explored the role of three components of executive function (EF)--response inhibition, working memory, and cognitive flexibility--in preschool children's social competence. Each component was expected to contribute uniquely to children's abilities to resolve peer conflict in a competent manner, namely, the inhibition of…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence, Role
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Coplan, Robert J.; Schneider, Barry H.; Matheson, Adrienne; Graham, Allison – Infant and Child Development, 2010
The aim of the present study was to develop and provide a preliminary evaluation of a social-skills-based early intervention program specifically designed to assist extremely inhibited preschoolers. Participants were a sample of n = 522 extremely inhibited preschool-aged children, who were randomly assigned to either the "Social Skills…
Descriptors: Play, Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence
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Caldwell, Phoebe – Infant and Child Development, 2006
Imitation offers a gateway to relationship. This paper seeks to explore that capacity by describing the therapeutic approach of "Intensive Interaction". The research literature on imitation contains relatively little about imitation used in an intervention capacity, concentrating instead on the emergence of imitative abilities during infant and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Imitation, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship