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Loneliness in Chinese Children across Contexts
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Chen, Xinyin; Wang, Li; Li, Dan; Liu, Junsheng – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study examined loneliness and its associations with social functioning in children across different historical times and contexts in China. We collected data from urban and rural groups of school-age children (N = 2,588; M age = 10 years) using self-reports and peer assessments. The results indicated that children in 2002 and 2005 urban…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Social Development, Children
Kindergartners' Temperament, Classroom Engagement, and Student-Teacher Relationship: Moderation by Effortful Control
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Valiente, Carlos; Swanson, Jodi; Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn – Social Development, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine whether kindergartners' (N = 291; M age = 5 years) effortful control (EC), impulsivity, anger, or shyness predict their classroom participation, school liking, and student-teacher relationship. Parents and teachers reported on children's temperament. Children's EC and impulsivity were also assessed with…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Teacher Student Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes
Anxious Solitude and Peer Exclusion Predict Social Helplessness, Upset Affect, and Vagal Regulation in Response to Behavioral Rejection by a Friend
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Gazelle, Heidi; Druhen, Madelynn J. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
It was hypothesized that combined individual child vulnerability (anxious solitude) and interpersonal stress (peer exclusion) would predict the strongest responses to experimentally manipulated behavioral peer rejection. Results indicated that in a sample of 3rd graders (N = 160, 59% girls), anxious solitary excluded children displayed more…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Helplessness, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Understanding Solitude: Young Children's Attitudes and Responses toward Hypothetical Socially Withdrawn Peers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
Spending Time with Teacher: Characteristics of Preschoolers Who Frequently Elicit versus Initiate Interactions with Teachers.
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Coplan, Robert J.; Prakash, Kavita – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2003
Explored interface between preschoolers' socio-emotional characteristics and interactions with teachers during free play. Found that children who most frequently initiated teacher interaction behaved more aggressively than peers and were so rated by teachers. Children who most frequently received teacher initiations were more shy and anxious.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis