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  • Child Psychology
  • Social Development
  • Play Behavior

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  • Peer relationships significantly influence children's social and emotional development.
  • Understanding the interplay between anger expression and pretend play is crucial for child psychology research.
  • Aggressive themes in pretend play may reflect or influence real-world social behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the association between peer-reported anger expression and aggressive/negative pretend play themes in children.
  • To investigate how a child's anger proneness influences their play partner's engagement in aggressive pretend play.
  • To explore gender differences in pretend play themes related to aggression and negativity.

Main Methods:

  • 104 Chinese children (mean age 8.98 years) were filmed during spontaneous peer dyadic play.
  • Aggressive and non-aggressive negative pretend play themes were coded from video recordings.
  • Peer-reported anger expression was collected for each child.
  • Actor-Partner Interdependence Modelling (APIM) was used for data analysis.

Main Results:

  • Significant partner effects were found: children engaged more in aggressive pretend play with partners perceived as more easily angered.
  • Boys were more likely than girls to engage in both aggressive and non-aggressive negative pretend play themes.
  • Peer perceptions of anger significantly predicted children's engagement in aggressive fantasy play.

Conclusions:

  • Children's social environment, specifically their play partner's anger expression, influences their engagement in aggressive pretend play.
  • Gender plays a role in the manifestation of negative themes within children's pretend play.
  • Findings highlight the interconnectedness of real-world emotional expression and fantasy play in peer interactions.