Social competence with peers of 55 (27 girls) children was examined from ages one to nine.
In the toddler and preschool periods, social competence with peers was observed and rated …

Data on peer relations were obtained when a group of children were 2½ years old and
again when they were 7½ years old. The children who at age 2½ were friendly, involved with …

Classroom observations and teacher and sociometric ratings described peer interactions
and friendships of 1-6-year-old children enrolled in full-time child care. The study was both …

The early developmental antecedents of individual differences in children's social
functioning with peers in third grade were examined using longitudinal data from the large …

Preschool children (166 three-to six-year—olds; M age= 62 months) were interviewed using
standard sociometric procedures and teachers were asked to rate children's aggression and …

Reviews classroom research related to child-to-child interaction and its relationship to the
development of social competence in young children. Studies are considered in 2 areas: the …

One important aspect of social competence is the ability to accommodate social behavior to
different contexts. Can children who are just beginning to acquire peer interactional skills …

A model is proposed that describes a developmental sequence from infancy to childhood in
social competence with peers. The model is an attempt to integrate primarily descriptive …

One‐and two‐year‐old peer dyads were presented with a simple cooperative task. Age
differences were found in amount of coordinated activity, monitoring the peer's activity and …

The primary aim of this article is to provide a brief review of research on children's peer
relations for child-and family-oriented practitioners. Attention is devoted to the importance of …