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Asik-Ozturk, Manolya; Ahmetoglu, Emine; Acar, Ibrahim H. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the contributions of children's social competence, aggression, and anxiety to their play behaviours with peers. A total of 149 preschoolers aged 36-73 months (M = 54.6 months, SD = 0.99; 50.3% girls) and their 46 teachers in Turkey recruited for the current study. Teachers reported on children's social…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence, Aggression, Anxiety
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Brody, David L.; Scheiner, Esther Y.; Dimri Ben Ari, Mordechai; Tzadok, Yair; van der Aalsvoort, Geerdina Maria; Lepola, Janne – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This international study compared motivational tendencies among pre-school children from Israel, Finland and the Netherlands. Teachers were asked to rate students' behaviours during semi-structured tasks using the Child Behaviour Motivational Scale (CBeMo) which measures task orientation, task avoidance, and social dependence. Motivational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Student Motivation, Cultural Differences
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Amca Toklu, Dervise – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The objective of this research is to examine the social behaviours of 4 age group pre-school children whose parents are married and divorced according to teacher opinions. Screening model method has been used at this research which is one of the descriptive research methods. The study group of this research was created totally 691 children. As a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Social Behavior, Marital Status, Divorce
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Weimer, Amy A.; Burleson, Cheryl; Stegall, Sarah E.; Eisenman, Russell – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The present study examined relations between Theory of Mind (ToM) understanding and social competence among school-age Latino children. Participants included 62 children ages 6-12 years. Picture vocabulary was assessed via a standardized language survey, and ToM assessed via Happé's [(1994). An advanced test of theory of mind: Understanding of…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Interpersonal Competence, Correlation, Children
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Sivberg, Bengt; Lundqvist, Pia; Johanson, Ingmarie; Nordström, Berit; Persson, Bengt A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Screening studies of a population in primary health care are sparsely reported. The aim was to describe observed atypical behaviours that may be associated with autism spectrum conditions, in a population (n?=?4,329) of infants at eight months. Observations were performed by paediatric nurses. An observational instrument, named SEEK developed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Health Care, Screening Tests, Child Development
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Bosacki, Sandra; Woods, Heather; Coplan, Robert – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This study investigated female and male early childhood educators' (ECEs) perceptions of young children's aggression and rough-and-tumble play in the Canadian early childhood classroom. Participants were drawn from a larger sample of ECEs who completed an online questionnaire regarding their perceptions of young children's behaviours in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
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Bigras, Marc; Crepaldi, Maria Aparecida – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
Multivariate analyses were conducted to clarify the nature of the influences of parental values on social behaviours of kindergarteners in the context of socio-demographic variables and sex of participants. This study included 217 mothers and 172 fathers from the same families, who completed a socio-demographic questionnaire and a new Q-sort that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Multivariate Analysis