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Same- and Cross-Sex Friends: Implications for Interaction and Social Skills.

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Howes, Carollee – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1988

Sex cleavages in toddler and preschool peer groups were investigated in two studies. In the first study, playmate preferences and initiations and responses to friends were examined during the free play of toddlers in day care centers. In the second study, cross-sex friendships in toddlers and preschool children were examined. (PCB)

Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship

Peer Interaction of Young Children.

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Howes, Carollee – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1988

Cross-sectional and longitudinal study of one- to six-year-olds in full-time child care assessed sequences and individual differences in development of social competence with peers. Study collects most extensive and varied data to date. Findings concern stability of individual differences, social classifications, influences of variations in…

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cross Sectional Studies, Day Care, Developmental Stages