ERIC Number: EJ1050187
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Mar
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Longitudinal Stability of Social Competence Indicators in a Portuguese Sample: Q-Sort Profiles of Social Competence, Measures of Social Engagement, and Peer Sociometric Acceptance
Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian E.; Peceguina, Inês; Daniel, João R.
Developmental Psychology, v50 n3 p968-978 Mar 2014
This study examines the temporal stability (over 3 years) of individual differences in 3 domains relevant to preschool children's social competence: social engagement/motivation, profiles of behavior and personality attributes characteristic of socially competent young children, and peer acceptance. Each domain was measured with multiple indicators. Sociometric status categories (Asher & Dodge, 1986) and reciprocated friendships were derived from sociometric data. Composites for social competence domains were significantly associated across all time points. Within age-periods, social competence domains were associated with both sociometric and friendship status categories; however, neither sociometric status nor reciprocated friendships were stable over time. Nevertheless, analyses examining the social competence antecedents to reciprocated friendship at age-4 and age-5 suggested that more socially competent children in the prior year were more likely to have a reciprocated friendship in the current year. Popular and rejected sociometric status categories were also associated with social competence indicators in prior years, but this was most clearly seen at age-5.
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Friendship, Young Children, Sociometric Techniques, Peer Acceptance, Rejection (Psychology), Preschool Children, Correlation, Profiles, Personality Traits, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: California Child Q Set
Grant or Contract Numbers: 0623019; BCS 08-43919