Sequential Transition Patterns of Social Play by Children's Social Competence

유아의 사회적 능력에 따른 사회적 놀이의 연속적 변화 패턴

  • Received : 2006.10.30
  • Accepted : 2007.01.13
  • Published : 2007.02.01

Abstract

This study examined whether sequential transition patterns of social play differed by children's social competence. The social competence of sixty 5-year-old children was rated by their teachers using the Social Competence Scale(NICHD Early Child Research Network, 1996). Children's social play was observed during free play and coded by criteria developed by Robinson et al(2003). Results showed differences in children's social play behaviors by social competence and differences in the transition patterns of children's social play level by social competence. Children with higher social competence showed a transition pattern moving toward cooperative-social interaction, whereas children with lower social competence showed a transition pattern moving backward to solitary or onlooker behavior.

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