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Quality of play, social acceptance and reciprocal friendship in preschool children

dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Leandra Marques
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Carla
dc.contributor.authorSantos, António José
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-09T17:53:26Z
dc.date.available2018-07-09T17:53:26Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractPlaying with peers is one of the most important contexts for the acquisition of social competencies in early childhood. This study examined the relation between children’s play behavior, social acceptance in the peer group, and number of reciprocal friendships. One hundred and twenty eight children, aged between three and five years, participated in the study. Social acceptance and number of reciprocal friendships were assessed using two sociometric measures: nomination and comparison among peers. Children’s behavior during play activities was assessed by a Portuguese version of the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale. Global results showed positive and significant correlations between positive interaction and sociometric measures, indicating that children who manifest positive play behaviors are more accepted by peers and have more reciprocal friendships. On the other hand, play disruption and disconnection were negatively correlated with sociometric measures, indicating that children who show these types of play behaviors have lower social acceptance and fewer reciprocal friendships. Parsing the correlations by the three age groups, results show distinct patterns of associations between quality of play, social acceptance and friendship in function of age. Our results stress that already at an early age, behavior during play is related to friendship and social reputation.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - FCTpt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 25(6), 812-823. Doi: 10.1080/1350293X.2017.1380879pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1350293X.2017.1380879pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn17521807
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6490
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherTaylor & Francispt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPeer playpt_PT
dc.subjectLudic activitiespt_PT
dc.subjectSocial acceptancept_PT
dc.subjectReciprocal friendshipspt_PT
dc.titleQuality of play, social acceptance and reciprocal friendship in preschool childrenpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/UID%2FPSI%2F04810%2F2013/PT
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH%2FBPD%2F77199%2F2011/PT
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceUnited Kingdompt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage823pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue6pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage812pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEuropean Early Childhood Education Research Journalpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume25pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream5876
oaire.fundingStreamSFRH
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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