Using the Q-connectivity method to study frequency of interaction with multiple peer triads: Do preschoolers' peer group interactions at school relate to academic skills?

✍ Scribed by Laura D. Hanish; Hélène Barcelo; Carol Lynn Martin; Richard A. Fabes; Jennifer Holmwall; Francisco Palermo

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 261 KB
• Volume: 2007
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1520-3247
• DOI: 10.1002/cd.198

✦ Synopsis

A new social network method shows that young children vary in their abilities to interact with multiple peer groups and to maintain group interactions over time. Learning how to competently sustain group interactions is an important developmental task for preschoolers and is associated with enhanced school readiness, particularly for girls.