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Shuyang Dong; Yue Song; Judith Semon Dubas; Nanhua Cheng; Xi Liang; Qiqi Yuan; Zhengyan Wang – Developmental Psychology, 2024
While negative associations between behavioral inhibition/shyness and social competence are well established for children from Western cultures, the directions of these associations have been inconsistent for Chinese children, partly due to the ongoing social-cultural changes in China. Drawing from three samples of young Chinese children (born…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Shyness, Fear, Interpersonal Competence
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Jane Shkel; Alicia Geng; Elise Pilchak; Maria Estefania Millan; Jessica M. Schwartzman; Rachel Schuck; Maria Victoria Bundang; Agatha Barnowski; Devon M. Slap; Sydney Stratford; Antonio Y. Hardan; Jennifer M. Phillips; Grace W. Gengoux – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Despite the popularity of social skills groups, there remains a need for empirical investigation of treatment effects, especially when targeting pivotal aspects of social functioning such as initiations to peers. The goal of the present study was to conduct a randomized controlled trial of a 12-week social intervention (SUCCESS), which combined an…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Preschool Children, Parent Education, Intervention
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Helsabeck, Nathan P.; Logan, Jessica A. R.; Justice, Laura M.; Purtell, Kelly M.; Lin, Tzu-Jung – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Using a sample of 568 students from 61 kindergarten classrooms whose primary caregivers completed a questionnaire describing their child's early childhood education and care (ECEC) by year from birth to pre-kindergarten, we identified seven pathways characterizing children's ECEC experiences using a latent class analysis. Once…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Kindergarten, Preschool Children
Helsabeck, Nathan P.; Logan, Jessica A. R.; Justice, Laura M.; Purtell, Kelly M.; Lin, Tzu-Jung – Grantee Submission, 2020
Research findings: Using a sample of 568 students from 61 kindergarten classrooms whose primary caregivers completed a questionnaire describing their child's early childhood education and care (ECEC) by year from birth to pre-kindergarten, we identified seven pathways characterizing children's ECEC experiences using a latent class analysis. Once…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Kindergarten, Preschool Children
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Vandenberg, Brian – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Results indicated that different types of play environment strongly influence preschool children's types of social play and play group size. Differences in cognitive level and social egocentrism influenced the choice of play environment. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cooperation
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Carson, David K.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Explores the relations between temperament, communicative competence, and humor expression among four- and five-year-old nursery school children. Shows that ratings of communicative competence and various dimensions of temperament account for a significant proportion of the variance in the reported frequency of children's laughter and verbal and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
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Park, Sung-Yun; Cheah, Charissa S. L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
The purpose of the present study was to examine the proactive socialisation beliefs (goals, attributions, strategies) of Korean mothers regarding preschoolers' social skills (sharing, controlling negative emotions, and helping others). Participants were 116 mothers in Seoul, Korea. The reasons that mothers provided for the importance of each…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mothers, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
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Kaiser, Javaid; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Studied the effect of short-term exposure to neutral, prosocial, and antisocial toys on the prosocial and antisocial behavior of preschool children. Found that prosocial toys elicited prosocial behavior and antisocial toys stimulated antisocial behavior. In response to both prosocial and antisocial toys, boys displayed more physical than verbal…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Development, Childhood Attitudes, Experiential Learning
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Ashiabi, Godwin S. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2000
Examines the emotional development of preschoolers, including the issues of emotional expression, emotional understanding, regulation of emotions, developmental significance, and the role of the caregiver-child relationship. Finds that caregivers influence the emotional development of children as they model, coach, and respond to children.…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role
Pappas, Roseann – 1997
There are many behaviors that young children must deal with, one of these being aggression. One strategy teachers can use to help children deal with aggressive behavior is reading children's stories with conflict themes. Stories encourage children's participation and discussion, enabling them to better communicate their often confusing emotions.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Development, Childrens Literature, Classroom Communication
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Denham, Susanne A.; Burger, Christine – Child Study Journal, 1991
A two-year study of preschoolers attempted to identify emotions and prosocial behaviors that reliably predict teachers' ratings of young preschoolers' affective and behavioral social-emotional competence. Results showed that observed emotion, especially anger and sadness, often predicted teacher ratings of social-emotional competence in…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Early Childhood Education
Hatch, J. Amos; Johnson, Lynn G. – 1988
This paper reports findings from a study of social adjustments in the face-to-face interactions of four highly original preschool children, and suggests a framework for guiding the social development of gifted and talented young children. Descriptions of the four students' behavior patterns demonstrate the social adjustments they employed in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Change Strategies
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Fantuzzo, John; McWayne, Christy – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Relationships between parental report of children's peer play at home and indicators of children's school readiness were examined. Behavior ratings and observational data were collected for preschool children from an urban Head Start program. Play competencies exhibited in the home environment were significantly associated with prosocial behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Family Environment, Interpersonal Competence
Clapp, William Ford – 1968
This study investigated the relationships between parental treatment of thirty-two 4-year-old girls and the girls' relative competence and dependence. The conduct of the girls and their parents was observed. The parents' child-rearing attitudes were assessed from questionnaires. The following classification scheme was created: parents who treated…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Child Rearing
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Jacobson, Joseph L.; Wille, Diane E. – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the influence of infant-mother attachment patterns on the development of peer interaction between the toddler and preschool periods. Notes that, in an initial encounter with an unfamiliar peer, attachment patterns appear to be related more to the child's attractiveness as an interactive partner than to the child's own active interest…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development
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