Longitudinal Stability of Social Competence Indicators in a Portuguese Sample: Q-Sort Profiles of Social Competence, Measures of Social Engagement, and Peer Sociometric Acceptance

Autor/inn/en	Santos, António J.; Vaughn, Brian E.; Peceguina, Inês; Daniel, João R.
Titel	Longitudinal Stability of Social Competence Indicators in a Portuguese Sample: Q-Sort Profiles of Social Competence, Measures of Social Engagement, and Peer Sociometric Acceptance
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 3, S.968-978 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0034344
Schlagwörter	Individual Differences; Interpersonal Competence; Friendship; Young Children; Sociometric Techniques; Peer Acceptance; Rejection (Psychology); Preschool Children; Correlation; Profiles; Personality Traits; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Measures (Individuals); Portugal; California Child Q Set + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individueller Unterschied; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Freundschaft; Frühe Kindheit; Soziometrie; Ablehnung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Korrelation; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Messdaten
Abstract	This study examines the temporal stability (over 3 years) of individual differences in 3 domains relevant to preschool children's social competence: social engagement/motivation, profiles of behavior and personality attributes characteristic of socially competent young children, and peer acceptance. Each domain was measured with multiple indicators. Sociometric status categories (Asher & Dodge, 1986) and reciprocated friendships were derived from sociometric data. Composites for social competence domains were significantly associated across all time points. Within age-periods, social competence domains were associated with both sociometric and friendship status categories; however, neither sociometric status nor reciprocated friendships were stable over time. Nevertheless, analyses examining the social competence antecedents to reciprocated friendship at age-4 and age-5 suggested that more socially competent children in the prior year were more likely to have a reciprocated friendship in the current year. Popular and rejected sociometric status categories were also associated with social competence indicators in prior years, but this was most clearly seen at age-5. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01