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Assessment of Social Interaction Behaviors
Published on: February 25, 2011
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Children's sharing behavior with an unfamiliar peer across repeated social interactions
Kristie L Poole1, Sarah D English1, Linda Sosa-Hernandez1
1Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo.
Developmental Psychology
|February 3, 2025
Summary
Children
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Children's sharing behavior is crucial for social development and peer relationships.
- Understanding how sharing patterns emerge and change over time with unfamiliar peers is important.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify distinct patterns of sharing behavior in children across repeated social interactions.
- To investigate the influence of children's own temperamental traits and perceptions of peers on sharing behavior.
Main Methods:
- 186 children (9-12 years) interacted with an unfamiliar peer in three online sessions over one month.
- Sharing behavior was assessed anonymously after each session.
- Parental ratings of child temperament and children's perceptions of their peer were collected.
Main Results:
- Three sharing patterns emerged: fair sharers (45.2%), minimal sharers (44.6%), and increasing sharers (10.2%).
- Lower affiliation and higher negative peer perception predicted minimal sharing.
- Higher shyness and higher peer shyness predicted increasing sharing.
Conclusions:
- Children's sharing behavior with new peers is not static and can evolve over time.
- Individual temperamental traits and social perceptions significantly shape sharing dynamics.
- Sharing patterns may reflect underlying social-affiliative goals and developing peer relationships.
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