Assertion Strategies and Aggression during Early Childhood: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Ostrov, Jamie M.; Pilat, Michelle M.; Crick, Nicki R.
Titel	Assertion Strategies and Aggression during Early Childhood: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21 (2006) 4, S.403-416 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.10.001
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Young Children; Longitudinal Studies; Child Behavior; Peer Relationship; Naturalistic Observation; Measures (Individuals); Preschool Children; Assertiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Peer-Beziehungen; Naturbeobachtung; Messdaten; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	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. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10