Open AccessCHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS TO INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS
Author(s) -
McGillicuddyDeLisi Ann V.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1980.tb01194.x
Subject(s) - friendship , interpersonal communication , psychology , interpersonal relationship , social psychology , context (archaeology) , norm (philosophy) , developmental psychology , epistemology , philosophy , paleontology , biology
Forty preschool, forty first grade and forty second grade children generated strategies to interpersonal problems that might arise within the context of a friendship relationship. Two types of problems were presented by having dolls act out an interaction: (1) a conflict between two friends over a desired object or activity, and (2) one friend evidences a lack of knowledge and must be taught a game or social norm. The number, type and predicted success of interpersonal strategies generated by the children were found to vary with age and the context of the interpersonal problem.