Open AccessThe Role of Children’s Age and Gender, and Friends’ Gender in the Children’s Interaction towards Social Problem Solving Strategies in Preschool Children
Author(s) -
Rita Eka Izzaty
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychological research and intervention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2614-7041
pISSN - 2614-0403
DOI - 10.21831/pri.v3i2.41384
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , developmental psychology , psychology , dilemma , social issues , test (biology) , social change , sociology , demography , population , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , economics , biology , economic growth
Social problem-solving strategy accepted by society is the essential accomplishments in the development of pre-school children. However, until recent studies, social problem-solving strategies among pre-school children in Indonesia is still rarely conducted. This research examines the role of age, gender in children, and friends’ gender towards social problem-solving strategies. This research utilised a purposive sampling that voluntarily involved 162 children 4-6 years old. Those children were selected from an intact family consisting of a father, mother and children who lived together. A hypothetical social situation dilemma was utilised to gather social problem-solving strategies data from the subjects. The data were analysed with the use of cross-tabulation and chi-square test. Concerning the data analysis, the results reveal no significant difference in social problem-solving strategies when viewed in terms of age and gender of the children and friends’ gender. This suggests that children ages 4 to 6 years for boys and girls still have the same patterns of social behaviour dealing with similar gender and different ones.