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Affiliative sructures and social competence in portuguese preschool children

dc.contributor.authorDaniel, João Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorSantos, António José
dc.contributor.authorPeceguina, Maria Inês Duarte
dc.contributor.authorVaughn, Brian E.
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-27T13:39:10Z
dc.date.available2015-06-27T13:39:10Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this study was to determine whether peer social competence (SC), defined as the capacity to use behavioral, cognitive, and emotional resources in the service of achieving personal goals within preschool peer groups, was related to the type of affiliative subgroups to which children belonged. Two hundred forty Portuguese preschool children (152 seen in consecutive years of data collection) from middle-class families participated. Affiliative subgroup type was assessed from observed proximity data. Social competence was assessed using observational and sociometric measures. Children in more cohesive affiliative subgroups had higher levels of SC, whereas ungrouped children had the lowest SC scores. Follow-up analyses indicated that 2 of the measured SC domains (social engagement/motivation, profiles of behavior/personality attributes) were responsible for the overall difference in SC. Further, membership in a more cohesive subgroup in 1 year contributed to increases in scores for 2 of 3 SC domains (i.e., profiles of behavior/personality attributes and peer acceptance) in the following year. Results suggest that affiliative subgroups both reflect and support individual differences in peer SC during early childhood.por
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)por
dc.identifier.citationDevelopmental Psychology, 51, 905-912. doi: 10.1037/a0039425por
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/a0039425
dc.identifier.issn0012-1649
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/3807
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationpor
dc.relationBCS 1251322por
dc.relationPositive Affect and the Socio-Emotional Development of Preschool Children
dc.relationSELECÇÃO, DESSELECÇÃO E INFLUÊNCIA DOS PROBLEMAS DE INTERNALIZAÇÃO E EXTERNALIZAÇÃO NAS RELAÇÕES DE AMIZADE EM ADOLESCENTES PORTUGUESES
dc.subjectAffiliative structurepor
dc.subjectSocial competencepor
dc.subjectPeer relationspor
dc.titleAffiliative sructures and social competence in portuguese preschool childrenpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitlePositive Affect and the Socio-Emotional Development of Preschool Children
oaire.awardTitleSELECÇÃO, DESSELECÇÃO E INFLUÊNCIA DOS PROBLEMAS DE INTERNALIZAÇÃO E EXTERNALIZAÇÃO NAS RELAÇÕES DE AMIZADE EM ADOLESCENTES PORTUGUESES
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/PTDC%2FPSI%2F66172%2F2006/PT
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT//SFRH%2FBPD%2F82522%2F2011/PT
oaire.citation.endPage912por
oaire.citation.startPage905por
oaire.citation.titleDevelopmental Psychologypor
oaire.citation.volume51por
oaire.fundingStream3599-PPCDT
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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