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- Title
The Effect of Preschoolers' Peer Relationships on Their Sharing Behavior.
- Authors
Terakawa, Shinako; Tamaru, Toshitaka; Ishida, Hiraku; Kobayashi, Katsutoshi; Koeda, Tatsuya
- Abstract
This study examined the process by which relationships among peers become closer, and the effect of these relationships on strategies for sharing candy when conflicts could easily occur. Children ages 5 (n =48) and 6 years (n =52) were grouped in same-sex and same-aged sets of four children unfamiliar with one another. Peer interactions were observed through a series of play sessions under a caregiving scenario, whereby the caregiver conducted systematic observations of the children. The results showed that the quality of peer relationships assessed over two sessions by observations of children's free play progressed to higher levels of quality between the first session and the second. In the first session, peer interactions among the four group members were rarely observed. In the second session, however, the movement and pretend play of 5-year old groups of four became synchronized, and 6-years old groups often structured their complex social pretend play sequences based on a common theme and rules. When asked to share candy, 6-year olds who had engaged in complex and cooperative play in the second free play session were more likely to interact with each other than those who had not engaged in such play.
- Subjects
JAPAN; PRESCHOOL children; PEER relations; SHARING in children; DEVELOPMENTAL psychology
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology / Hattatsu Shinrigaku Kenkyū, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 3, p274
- ISSN
0915-9029
- Publication type
Article