Turkish and American Preschoolers' Play, Aggression and Victimization Behaviours in Play Context

Autor/in	Metin Aslan, Özge
Titel	Turkish and American Preschoolers' Play, Aggression and Victimization Behaviours in Play Context
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 190 (2020) 3, S.348-363 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Metin Aslan, Özge)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2018.1472088
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Play; Cross Cultural Studies; Victims; Aggression; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Child Behavior; Observation; Gender Differences; Peer Relationship; Turkey; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Spiel; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Victim; Opfer; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Beobachtung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Peer-Beziehungen; Türkei; USA
Abstract	The purpose of this research is to examine cultural difference in Turkish and American preschoolers' play, aggression and victimization behaviours. The research has been performed in a nursery school affiliated to a university in one of the big cities of Turkey and in two nursery schools affiliated to a university in one of the Northern states of the United States of America. It was composed of 55 Turkish children, 36-72 months old, (29 girls, 26 boys) and 50 American children, 36-72 months old, (32 boys, 18 girls), totally 105 children (61 boys, 44 girls). Observations and teacher report were used in this study. According to the results; Turkish children showed more physical and relational aggression and victimized more than American children. American children showed parallel play more than Turkish children, and Turkish children engaged in pretend play more than American children. Surprisingly, the most interesting result; social pretend play is predicted observed and teacher reported relational aggression in both cultures. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01