ERIC Number: EJ836153
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 9
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Social Network Analyses of Positive and Negative Relationships among Japanese Preschool Classmates
Fujisawa, Keiko K.; Kutsukake, Nobuyuki; Hasegawa, Toshikazu
International Journal of Behavioral Development, v33 n3 p193-201 2009
Using social network analysis, we investigated the characteristics of social networks composed of positive relationships (positive network: PN) and negative relationships (negative network: NN) in classrooms of Japanese 3- and 4-year-olds. Analysis of "density" showed that PNs were denser than NNs among 4-year-olds but that this was not the case among 3-year-olds. The difference between the probability of dyads of girls forming cliques, between PNs and NNs, was larger than that for dyads of boys or mixed-sex dyads. Four-year-olds formed cliques more often in PNs than in NNs, compared to 3-year-olds. This study showed that both sex combination of dyads and age affect the quantified properties of social networks among preschoolers. (Contains 4 figures, 3 tables and 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Probability, Social Networks, Preschool Children, Peer Relationship, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Network Analysis, Foreign Countries, Aggression, Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Student Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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