Two-to-three-year-old children's interactions with peers in child-care centres: Effects of spatial distance to caregivers

被引：11

作者：

Legendre, Alain ^{[1
]}

Munchenbach, Dominique ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Europeenne Bretagne, CNRS, UMR 6590 Espaces & Soc, Rennes, France

[2] Univ Cergy Pontoise, Cergy Pontoise, France

来源：

INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT | 2011年 / 34卷 / 01期

关键词：

Peer interactions; Child-caregiver relation; Child-care centres; Environment; Spatial proximity; YOUNG-CHILDREN; 2-YEAR-OLD; BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.10.004

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

In child-care centres, the influence of caregivers on the development of peer interactions seems ambivalent and mixed results are reported in the literature. Adopting an environmental approach, we examined the effects of the caregivers' spatial proximity on children's social behaviour. The study was carried out with 175 children (18-40 months) in 12 child-care-centre groups. Children's behaviours were observed during free plays, and both children and caregivers' locations were recorded. When peers were nearby, children's social behaviours were compared when they were in the immediate proximity (within 2 m) and out of the immediate proximity of a caregiver. Results show that in the latter situation children spend substantially more time addressing social overture to peers and interacting with them; positive interactions with peers show a particularly marked difference. This pattern of results is exhibited by the greater part of the children. Whatever the child-care-centre group, the age subgroup or the gender considered similar results are found. Results also demonstrate that when children are in the immediate proximity of caregivers they are socially oriented towards the attractive adult partners rather than towards peers. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：111 / 125

页数：15

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