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Some Normative Data on Preschool Children's Social Behaviours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Keith D. Ballard  and
Terence J. Crooks
Keith D. Ballard
Affiliation:
University of Otago, New Zealand
Terence J. Crooks
Affiliation:
University of Otago, New Zealand
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Abstract

Data on rate and qualitative features of social interactions and on peer social involvement in play were obtained from repeated observation measures taken across 14 to 23 weeks on two children randomly selected from each of 6 kindergartens. Session-by-session variability was found to be a feature of the social interaction and social play data, and there was evidence that social behaviours may vary systematically across different kindergarten settings. A case is made for obtaining normative data in each setting of interest in order to identify atypical behaviour and to evaluate the social validity of intervention outcomes.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1986 , pp. 41 - 47
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1986

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