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Asik-Ozturk, Manolya; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Acar, Ibrahim H. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the contributions of children's social competence, aggression, and anxiety to their play behaviours with peers. A total of 149 preschoolers aged 36-73 months (M = 54.6 months, SD = 0.99; 50.3% girls) and their 46 teachers in Turkey recruited for the current study. Teachers reported on children's social…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence, Aggression, Anxiety
Hoffer, Rieke; Strohmer, Janina – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Unmet mental health needs are common in young children. Recent research on mental health care utilization has focussed mainly on parental perspectives. This study seeks to determine which types of behaviours exhibited by children predict the perceived need for action among both parents and daycare teachers. Parents and daycare teachers reported on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
Marcone, Roberto; Caputo, Antonietta – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
A Friend is truly a treasure, in accordance with age and competence's qualitative changes. The aim of this study was to confirm the increase in friendship competence and its multifactorial nature in 3- up to 10-year-old children, and to verify gender differences, and parenting influences on the concept of friendship. A semi-structured interview…
Descriptors: Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students
Weimer, Amy A.; Burleson, Cheryl; Stegall, Sarah E.; Eisenman, Russell – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The present study examined relations between Theory of Mind (ToM) understanding and social competence among school-age Latino children. Participants included 62 children ages 6-12 years. Picture vocabulary was assessed via a standardized language survey, and ToM assessed via Happé's [(1994). An advanced test of theory of mind: Understanding of…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Interpersonal Competence, Correlation, Children
Yamamoto, Noriko; Imai-Matsumura, Kyoko – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The present study examined gender differences in kindergarten students' ability for behavioural self-regulation and executive function in East Japan. One hundred and eleven 5-year-old children were assessed on behavioural self-regulation, inhibitory, and working memory tasks (direct measurement). Children's responses to the teacher's instructions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Executive Function, Self Control
Gülay Ogelman, Hülya; Oguz, Vuslat; Körükçü, Özlem; Köksal Akyol, Aysel – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The purpose of this study is to reveal the effect of perspective-taking skills of six-year-old children on their social competences. Determined by two independent kindergartens at Yenisehir district in Mersin as study groups, 115 children (59 girls, 56 boys) in the age group of 6, constituted the study group of the study. In order to reveal the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Perspective Taking, Interpersonal Competence, Young Children
Mohamed, Ahmed Hassan Hemdan; Marzouk, Samah Abd Al Fatah Mohamed – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This study examined the association between early childhood classroom quality and preschool children's social skills and emotional problems. Teachers completed the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) and the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment-Clinical Form (DECA-C). Participants included 141 preschool children from 10…
Descriptors: Correlation, Aggression, Self Control, Attachment Behavior
Ogelman, Hulya Gulay; Seven, Serdal – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect social information processing levels has on the social competence (entering a peer group, response towards provocation, response to failure, response to success, social expectations, teacher expectations, reactive aggression, proactive aggression) and peer relationship (prosocial behaviour,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Measures (Individuals), Peer Groups, Aggression
Bigras, Marc; Crepaldi, Maria Aparecida – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
Multivariate analyses were conducted to clarify the nature of the influences of parental values on social behaviours of kindergarteners in the context of socio-demographic variables and sex of participants. This study included 217 mothers and 172 fathers from the same families, who completed a socio-demographic questionnaire and a new Q-sort that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Multivariate Analysis
Jacob, Jenet I. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
This paper provides a review of studies published between 1998 and 2006 that have evaluated the relationship between non-maternal childcare and children's social-behavioral adjustment. Recent studies have focused on how the factors of non-maternal childcare quantity, quality, type and timing interact with factors of family background and child…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Child Care

Williams, David E.; Schaller, Kristi A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Identified how 20 preschool children attempted to exert dominance over peers. Found that verbal assertiveness was the most frequently employed, though least successful, dominance strategy. Physical assertiveness was successful when a child exhibited athletic superiority. The use of theme plays was the most successful strategy in eliciting a…
Descriptors: Aggression, Bullying, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship
Murphy, Laura M. Bennett; Laurie-Rose, Cynthia; Brinkman, Tara M.; McNamara, Kelly A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
The current study examines the relationship between sustained attention and social competence in preschool children. While studies demonstrate that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit poor social competence, less is known about typically developing children. Since children with ADHD have associated behavior…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems, Play

Johnson, Colleen – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Suggests ways in which drama can be used to: explore issues that often give rise to aggression or violence; give space to articulate and respond to emotions; model and practice non-violent response to aggression; consider the consequences of one's actions; empower children to stand up to bullying; and channel energy into performance. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Aggression, Bullying, Conflict Resolution, Drama

McGuire, Jacqueline; Richman, Naomi – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
This issue consists of 1 study which describes staff and child responses to aggressive and withdrawn behavior in 79 children at 6 day nurseries. Children were appropriately occupied and staff provided a setting and materials that promoted play. Although there was positive social interaction between children, rates of aversive behavior were high.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Day Care, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence
Lagace-Seguin, Daniel G.; d'Entremont, Marc-Robert L. – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
The relationship between less than optimal parenting styles, child transgressions and maternal depression were examined. It was predicted that variations in parenting styles would predict maternal depression over and above child transgressions. The present study involved approximately 68 children, their mothers and their preschool teachers.…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Preschool Teachers, Child Behavior, Interpersonal Competence
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