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ERIC Number: EJ478215
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Being Alone, Playing Alone, and Acting Alone: Distinguishing among Reticence and Passive and Active Solitude in Young Children.
Coplan, Robert J.; And Others
Child Development, v65 n1 p129-37 Feb 1994
Forty-eight four-year-olds grouped in quartets of same-sex unfamiliar peers were observed during five play and activity tasks. Found that, although solitary-passive, solitary-active, and reticent behaviors were nonsignificantly intercorrelated, reticence was associated with demonstrations of anxiety and hovering near others; maternal ratings of child shyness; and poor performance during free play. (MDM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Mother Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Play, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Shyness, Social Behavior
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Child Behavior; Passivity; Reticence; Solitude