ERIC Number: EJ1462398
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Apr
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1707
Available Date: 2024-04-01
Preschoolers' Emotional and Behavioral Responses Concerning Exclusion: Social Consensus versus Authority Influences
Alexandra Maftei1; Andra Mihaela Ghinie?1
Early Childhood Education Journal, v53 n4 p1065-1078 2025
The present study explored young children's inclusion/exclusion decisions based on gender, skin color, and physical and sensorial disabilities. We also examined children's emotions following these decisions and the explicit influence of peers (social consensus) and teachers (authority influence). Our sample consisted of 64 Romanian children, aged 4 to 6 years. Results suggested that the inclusion rates were relatively high (between 70% and 97%) when discussing potential inclusion/exclusion based on gender, color, or specific group membership. The highest inclusion rate (depending on gender, color, and disability) was for out-group members with no other specified characteristics. The lowest inclusion rates were related to disability, both physical and sensorial. Children's behavioral and affective responses following the exclusion of out-group members were generally oriented toward active answers, i.e., children chose to actively intervene when witnessing exclusion based on skin color and disability. Finally, our results suggested that teachers' influence (i.e., the authority) was stronger than the peers' influence (i.e., social consensus).
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Social Isolation, Emotional Response, Peer Influence, Teacher Influence, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Child Behavior, Inclusion, Affective Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Romania
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Author Affiliations: 1“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Educational Sciences, Iasi, Romania