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"Let's Make a Place Where Giants Live!": Children's Communication during Play with Siblings and Friends from Early to Middle Childhood
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Leach, Jamie; Howe, Nina; DeHart, Ganie – Infant and Child Development, 2019
The present study examined children's co-construction of shared meanings and internal state language during play with their sibling and friend from early to middle childhood. Sixty-five 4-year-old children (T1) and 46 7-year-old children (T2) were observed in the home during two free play sessions with a sibling and with a friend at both time…
Descriptors: Play, Sibling Relationship, Correlation, Peer Relationship
The Development of Young Siblings of Children with Autism from 4 to 54 Months
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Gamliel, Ifat; Yirmiya, Nurit; Sigman, Marian – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
Cognitive and language skills of 39 siblings of children with autism (SIBS-A) and 39 siblings of typically developing children (SIBS-TD) at ages 4, 14, 24, 36, and 54 months were compared. Twelve of the 39 SIBS-A revealed a delay in cognition and/or language (including one child diagnosed with autism) compared to only two SIBS-TD. Developmental…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Siblings, Language Aptitude, Expressive Language
Privileged Treatment of Toddlers: Cultural Aspects of Individual Choice and Responsibility
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Mosier, Christine E.; Rogoff, Barbara – Developmental Psychology, 2003
This study examined the idea that toddlers in some communities are accorded a privileged status in which they are allowed what they want, assumed not yet to "understand" how to cooperate. U.S. middle-class and Guatemalan Mayan mothers and 3- to 5-year-old siblings were observed while the siblings and toddlers (14-20 months) both sought…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Siblings, Mothers, Maya (People)