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Veiga, Guida; O'Connor, Rachel; Neto, Carlos; Rieffe, Carolien – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Learning to regulate aggressive impulses is a significant developmental milestone for preschoolers. To date, there is no consensus about whether rough-and-tumble play (RTP) is positively or negatively related to the regulation of aggression. This study examined the relation of RTP with children's levels of emotion regulation and aggression. RTP of…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Self Control, Aggression
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Page, Timothy; Eugene, Danielle; Morgan, Christine – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Narrative Story-Stem Tasks (NSST) assess young children's perceptions of close relationship qualities via the spontaneous narratives they create in response to story beginnings using doll-like figures. Most NSST research to date has focused on family relationships. This study extends this research to children's perceptions of relationships with…
Descriptors: Narration, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Toys
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Bouchard, Caroline; Coutu, Sylvain; Bigras, Nathalie; Lemay, Lise; Cantin, Gilles; Bouchard, Marie-Claire; Duval, Stéphanie – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This article examines the prosociality of four-year-old girls and boys in childcare centres. More specifically, it aims to measure gender differences in prosociality among children, based on three sources and methods of evaluation: (1) the early childhood educator's (ECE) perception (perceived prosociality), (2) the children's own responses to…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Young Children, Child Care Centers, Teacher Attitudes
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Jing, Mengguo; Li, Hui – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This study examined the developmental trend of pretend play behaviour and the effect of partner's gender in Singaporean preschoolers. Peer dyadic play among 70 children, ranging in age from three to five years, was observed in a standardised toy play context. Videotaped recordings of the play were analysed using two scales--the Smilansky Scale for…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Play, Preschool Children, Gender Differences
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Meece, Darrell; Robinson, Cheryl Malone – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Examined correlates of positive father caregiving and harsh control among 721 (350 girls) four-year-old children through analysis of NICHD Study of Early Child Care data and 7050 (3450 girls) four-year-old children through analysis of Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort data. Findings from both samples suggest that, for both boys and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies
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Lindsey, Eric W.; Caldera, Yvonne M.; Rivera, Mitzie – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
The present investigation explored the association of mother--child and father--child emotional expressiveness during toddlerhood to children's prosocial and aggressive behaviour with peers. Data were collected from 62 Mexican-American families with toddlers (29 females, 33 males) during a home visit. Children's peer interactions were also…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Mothers, Fathers, Emotional Response