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Choo, Mei Sze; Xu, Yiyuan; Haron, P. Fatimah – Social Development, 2012
This study examined subtypes of nonsocial play and their relation to psychosocial adjustment in Malaysian preschool children (N = 141, 72 boys, M age = 4.65 years). Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that a three-factor model that distinguished social reticence, solitary-active play, and solitary-passive play fit the data reasonably well, and…
Descriptors: Play, Hyperactivity, Preschool Children, Gender Differences
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Hamre, Bridget K.; Pianta, Robert C.; Downer, Jason T.; Mashburn, Andrew J. – Social Development, 2008
Teachers' judgments of relational conflict are unique indicators of children's academic and social adjustment. Using a large, hierarchically nested sample of preschoolers (N = 2282) and teachers (N = 597) this study examines the individual and classroom factors associated with teachers' ratings of conflict, both before and after adjusting for…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers, Conflict, Behavior Problems
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Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Dunn, Judy; Lussier, Gretchen – Social Development, 2002
Examined family- and sibling-type differences in sibling relationship quality and links between sibling relationship quality and child behavior problems among 192 families with a 5-year-old target child and an older sibling. Found that sibling negativity was highest in single-mother families. Found that full-siblings were more negative than half-…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Adjustment