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Femia, Elia E.; Zarit, Steven H.; Blair, Clancy; Jarrott, Shannon E.; Bruno, Kelly – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
We conducted an exploratory study evaluating the potential impact of intergenerational programming (IG) on children's socio-emotional development, behavior, school performance, and attitudes and behavior toward older adults. Children currently in kindergarten through second grade (age range: 6-8 years old) who previously attended one of two…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Child Development, Grade 2, Empathy
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Findlay, Leanne C.; Girardi, Alberta; Coplan, Robert J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
The purpose of the current investigation was to examine both social behaviors (i.e., aggression, shyness-withdrawal, and prosocial tendencies) and social understanding (i.e., attitudes and responses to such behaviors in hypothetical peers) of empathic and low empathic children. Participants were 136 children in kindergarten and grade one. Parents…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Shyness, Prosocial Behavior, Empathy