ERIC Number: EJ1390594
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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My Child Likes to Be with People: Sociability Trajectories from Age 2 to Age 4 and Behavior Problems at First Grade
Early Education and Development, v34 n5 p1026-1039 2023
This study aims to identify early childhood sociability trajectories and examine their longitudinal associations with behavior problems. Using a population-based data set presented by the Panel Study on Korean Children, sociability trajectories from age 2 to age 4 were identified by latent class growth analysis. Associations between sociability trajectories and behavior problems at first grade were examined with binary logistical regressions. Research Findings: Korean children developed one of the three sociability patterns: low (10.059%), moderate (66.185%), or high (23.756%). Children's behavior problems at first grade differed according to their early sociability trajectories. First graders with the low sociability trajectory in early childhood were vulnerable to internalizing problems, such as affective or anxiety problems. Practice and Policy: A persistent low preference for being with others observed in early childhood can be a meaningful marker in predicting later internalizing behavior problems.
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems, Social Behavior, Preschool Children, Grade 1, Child Development, Foreign Countries, Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 1; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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