… tion between differences in preschoolers' social competence and their experience with two
kinds of social partners, the mother and peers. It was hypothesized that preschoolers' skill in …

… of regulatory control and intensity of the peer interaction to socially competent responding
to be mediated by the level of negative emotion evoked in the peer interaction (Epstein & Katz, …

… of general peer acceptance and teacher rated social competence. The preschool children
in … were viewed in both peers and teachers as being more competent than children who had …

… In this way, they are like their younger peers in that they inflate their own competencies.
However, research with preschool children in this area remains limited. Given the findings with …

… to examine the social competence of preschool playgroups differing in emotional competence,
and to … Teachers and peers view as more socially competent preschoolers who react both …

… competence in the preschool peer group and the second involves the relationship between
social competence … between attachment and later peer competence only when assessments …

… and was a significant predictor of social competence. The sociometric popularity measure
did … of social competence in the preschool. Peer group social competence in preschoolers is …

… are at risk for failure to develop peer friendships, they do not directly … competence and
social status was examined for three groups of children enrolled in a mainstreamed preschool …

… of .91 and .93 in samples of 41 and 329 preschoolers, respectively. Howes found that amount
of experience with peers predicted higher scores in two separate samples, but that there …

… with a special focus on metalinguistic abilities — defined as the competence to … in the
preschool classroom and investigates specifically whether peer interaction among preschoolers …