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ERIC Number: EJ747493
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0885-2006
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Assertion Strategies and Aggression during Early Childhood: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
Ostrov, Jamie M.; Pilat, Michelle M.; Crick, Nicki R.
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v21 n4 p403-416 2006
Although research on assertion has made important advances in our understanding of young children's behavior within their peer group, there has been a significant limitation in that prior studies have generally not given attention to the gender specific social goals of girls. To advance the literature, this short-term longitudinal study uses a naturalistic observational measure of assertion, which includes assessments of "relationally assertive" behaviors. This multi-method study uses naturalistic observations of aggression and assertion (i.e., over 8,860 min or 148 h of total observation) and teacher reports of assertion and sociometric status. Findings from the preschool sample (M = 49.68 months old; S.D. = 7.66) indicate that aggression subtypes and assertion strategies are related but conceptually unique constructs with differential predictions to indices of sociometric status. Ways in which these findings extend the developmental and early childhood literature are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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