Social Participation and Peer Competence in Preschool Children: Evidence for Discriminant and Convergent Validity.

Provost, Marc A.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1991

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Social Participation and Peer Competence in Preschool Children: Evidence for Discriminant and Convergent Validity.

Provost, Marc A.; And Others

Child Study Journal, v21 n1 p57-72 1991

Used observation and teachers' ratings of preschoolers' social adjustment to the peer group to study the concurrent validity of social participation categories. Social participation categories of withdrawal and interactive play were well validated by other measures of social adjustment. Parallel play was correlated only with task involvement. (BB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Concurrent Validity, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Groups, Play, Preschool Children, Social Adjustment, Withdrawal (Psychology)

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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