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A Longitudinal Study of Emotion Recognition and Preschool Children's Social Behavior.
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Barth, Joan M.; Bastiani, Andrea – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1997
Examined relations between 90 four-year-old preschoolers' social behavior and emotion recognition accuracy and bias with familiar classmates. Found that recognition biases were more important than recognition accuracy in predicting social behavior, that angry recognition biases negatively influenced social behavior, and that recognition accuracy…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anger, Bias, Facial Expressions
Theory of Mind and Social Behavior: Causal Models Tested in a Longitudinal Study.
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Jenkins, Jennifer M.; Astington, Janet Wilde – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2000
Tested competing causal models concerning the relationship between children's social behaviors and theory of mind in 3- and 4-year-olds tested 3 times over 7 months. Found that false belief performance predicted joint planning and role assignment during pretend play, after taking into account initial performance on joint planning and role…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Causal Models, Children, Cognitive Development
Peer Rejection from Kindergarten to Grade 2: Outcomes, Correlates, and Prediction.
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Vitaro, Frank; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1992
Compared sociometric and behavioral measures of two-year (kindergarten to grade two, or grade one to grade two) and 1-year (kindergarten-only or grade-one-only) rejected children. Concluded that it was possible to identify at-risk, two-year rejected children as early as kindergarten by means of combined sociometric and behavioral data. (GLR)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Teacher Preference and Children's Sociometric Status in the Classroom.
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Taylor, Angela R.; Trickett, Penelope K. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1989
Findings suggest a certain amount of discordance in teacher and peer perceptions of children's likability, and an association of discordance with differential perceptions of children's social behaviors. A teacher preference measure used in combination with sociometric measures may provide more reliable assessment of social adjustment than peer…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Research, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies
Free Play Use of Space by Preschoolers from Diverse Backgrounds: Factors Influencing Activity Choices.
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Harper, Lawrence V.; Huie, Karen S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1998
This seven-year study investigated facets of preschoolers' activity choices and use of physical facilities, including the effects of specific play sites on social relationships. Results showed that group makeup, and gender can affect play choices, while relationships between physical environment and play were undetermined. Different patterns of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Day Care Centers, Educational Facilities, Longitudinal Studies
A Longitudinal Study of Maternal Beliefs about Children's Social Behaviors.
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Mills, Rosemary S. L.; Rubin, Kenneth H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1992
Studied the extent to which mothers' beliefs about children's social behaviors change during their children's transition from early to middle childhood and the extent to which these beliefs can be predicted from the circumstances of the mothers' lives and the mothers' perceptions about the social support resources available to them. (BB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Cognitive Style, Day Care