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ERIC Number: EJ561630
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
"All the sheeps are dead. He murdered them": Sibling Pretense, Negotiation, Internal State Language, and Relationship Quality.
Howe, Nina; Petrakos, Harriet; Rinaldi, Christina M.
Child Development, v69 n1 p182-91 Feb 1998
Compared pretend play enactment, negotiation, internal state language, and sibling relationship quality in 40 kindergartners with older or younger siblings. Found that frequent pretend play dyads used more high-level negotiation and internal state language than infrequent pretend dyads. Friendly relationship quality was negatively related to pretend enactment. Conflict was negatively associated with internal state language. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten Children, Language Usage, Play, Pretend Play, Sibling Relationship, Siblings, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dyads; Negotiation Processes; Relationship Quality