Creating Informal Play Opportunities: Are Parents' and Preschoolers' Initiations Related to Children's Competence with Peers?.

Ladd, Gary W.; Hart, Craig H.

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ERIC Number: EJ454916

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Creating Informal Play Opportunities: Are Parents' and Preschoolers' Initiations Related to Children's Competence with Peers?

Ladd, Gary W.; Hart, Craig H.

Developmental Psychology, v28 n6 p1179-87 Nov 1992

Assessed preschoolers' peer relations and measured the frequency of parents' and children's initiations of children's play interactions with peers. Frequent parent initiations were associated with high levels of children's prosocial behavior. Children who more often initiated interactions displayed less anxious behavior than children who less often initiated interactions. (BC)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Interpersonal Competence, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Play, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Prosocial Behavior, Social Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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