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Longitudinal stability of social competence indicators in a portuguese sample: Q-Sort profiles of social competence, measures of social engagement, and peer sociometric acceptance
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This study examines the temporal stability (over 3 years) of individual differences in 3 domains relevant
to preschool children’s social competence: social engagement/motivation, profiles of behavior and
personality attributes characteristic of socially competent young children, and peer acceptance. Each
domain was measured with multiple indicators. Sociometric status categories (Asher & Dodge, 1986) and
reciprocated friendships were derived from sociometric data. Composites for social competence domains
were significantly associated across all time points. Within age-periods, social competence domains were
associated with both sociometric and friendship status categories; however, neither sociometric status nor
reciprocated friendships were stable over time. Nevertheless, analyses examining the social competence
antecedents to reciprocated friendship at age-4 and age-5 suggested that more socially competent children
in the prior year were more likely to have a reciprocated friendship in the current year. Popular and
rejected sociometric status categories were also associated with social competence indicators in prior
years, but this was most clearly seen at age-5.
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Social competence Longitudinal study Early childhood
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Developmental Psychology. 50( 3), 968–978. DOI: 10.1037/a0034344
Editora
American Psychological Association