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Santos, Antonio J.; Peceguina, Ines; Daniel, Joao R.; Shin, Nana; Vaughn, Brian E. – Social Development, 2013
This study tested assumptions and conclusions reached in an earlier confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) study of the social competence (SC) construct for preschool children. Two samples (total N = 408; a new Portuguese sample and one from US samples that had participated in the original study) contributed data. Seven SC indicators were tested for…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development
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Moran, Lyndsey R.; Lengua, Liliana J.; Zalewski, Maureen – Social Development, 2013
Interactions between reactive and regulatory dimensions of temperament may be particularly relevant to children's adjustment but are examined infrequently. This study investigated these interactions by examining effortful control as a moderator of the relations of fear and frustration reactivity to children's social competence, internalizing, and…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Child Development, Young Children
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Nelson, Larry J. – Social Development, 2013
Scholars have distinguished conceptually between multiple forms of social withdrawal among children and adolescents, but this distinction has yet to be investigated fully during emerging adulthood. Therefore, the overarching goal of this study was to employ a person-oriented approach to examine differences between subtypes of withdrawal on…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Withdrawal (Psychology), Social Development, Behavior Problems
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Miller, Jessie L.; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Boyle, Michael H. – Social Development, 2009
This study examined the heterotypic continuity of aggression hypothesis (physical to indirect) using independent teacher reports of aggression drawn from a nationally representative sample of 749 Canadian girls and boys. Confirmatory factor analysis using an accelerated longitudinal design confirmed a two-factor model of physical and indirect…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Factor Analysis, Males
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Ronald, Angelica; Happe, Francesca; Hughes, Claire; Plomin, Robert – Social Development, 2005
Experimental research suggests the differentiation of "nice" and "nasty" theory of mind (ToM). Over 5000 parents from the Twins Early Development Study reported on nice (e.g., being considerate) and nasty (e.g., blaming others) behaviours following their twins' second, third, and fourth birthdays. Factor analyses yielded four factors and it was…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Twins, Preschool Children, Environmental Influences