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Social Competence in Preschool Children: Replication of Results and Clarification of a Hierarchical Measurement Model
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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
Italian Preschoolers' Peer-Status Linkages with Sociability and Subtypes of Aggression and Victimization
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Nelson, David A.; Robinson, Clyde C.; Hart, Craig H.; Albano, Anthony D.; Marshall, Shawna J. – Social Development, 2010
Little is known about the behavior of preschool children belonging to peer sociometric status groups (popular, average, rejected, neglected, and controversial) in cultural contexts outside North America. This study examined the social interactions of Italian preschoolers. The sample consisted of 266 Italian preschoolers (mean age of 64 months).…
Descriptors: Sociometric Techniques, Preschool Children, Peer Relationship, Victims of Crime
Psychosocial Precursors and Correlates of Differing Internalizing Trajectories from 3 to 15 Years
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Letcher, Primrose; Smart, Diana; Sanson, Ann; Toumbourou, John W. – Social Development, 2009
Psychosocial precursors and correlates of parent-reported internalizing behavior trajectories across the age span of 3-15 years were explored using a community-based cohort of Australian children. Six internalizing trajectories had previously been identified for both girls (N = 810) and boys (N = 874) in this sample, comprising stable low, high,…
Descriptors: Shyness, Behavior Problems, Females, Peer Relationship
Self-Perceptions of Social Competence and Self-Worth in Chinese Children: Relations with Social and School Performance
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Chen, Xinyin; He, Yunfeng; Li, Dan – Social Development, 2004
The purpose of the study was to examine relations between self-perceptions of social competence and general self-worth and social and school performance in Chinese children. A sample of children, initially aged 12 years, in the People's Republic of China, participated in this longitudinal study. Data on self-perceptions were collected from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Academic Achievement, Self Concept
Understanding Solitude: Young Children's Attitudes and Responses toward Hypothetical Socially Withdrawn Peers
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Coplan, Robert J.; Girardi, Alberta; Findlay, Leanne C.; Frohlick, Sherri L. – Social Development, 2007
The goal of the present study was to explore young children's attitudes and responses to different forms of social withdrawal by eliciting responses to hypothetical vignettes. Participants included 137 children (49 boys, 88 girls) in kindergarten and grade 1 classes (M[subscript age] = 75.94 months, SD = 9.03) in Ottawa, Canada. Parents rated…
Descriptors: Shyness, Young Children, Child Behavior, Foreign Countries