Gender-Specific Linkages of Affective Social Competence With Peer Relations in Preschool Children |
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| Authors: | Julie C Dunsmore Ryoichi J P Noguchi Pamela W Garner Elizabeth C Casey Naureen Bhullar |
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a Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
b New Century College, George Mason University,
c Department of Psychology, Kent State University,
d Department of Psychology, Widener University, |
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| Abstract: | Research Findings: We examined whether affective social competence, or the ability to effectively send and receive emotional signals and to manage one's own emotional experience, contributes to preschool children's peer relations. Forty-two previously unacquainted preschoolers were observed while participating in a week-long playschool. Greater nonstereotypical emotion knowledge was related to girls' popularity and boys' likelihood of having a reciprocal friendship. Girls with greater skill at sending emotional communications and managing emotions were more likely to have a reciprocal friendship. Boys who were better at managing emotions compared to others in their group were less popular. The role of social context in the influence of affective social competence on children's peer relations is discussed. Practice or Policy: Results have implications for early childhood educators' promotion of children's socioemotional skills. |
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