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http://dx.doi.org/10.5723/kjcs.2016.37.6.145

Trajectories of Child Peer Interaction and Their Predictors: Longitudinal Analysis Using Latent Growth Modeling  

Kim, Hyo Won (Department of Early Childhood Education, Songwon University)
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Korean Journal of Child Studies / v.37, no.6, 2016 , pp. 145-155 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate trajectories of child peer interaction and to compare the causal effects of their predictors, including child individual variables (i.e., gender, language ability, and cognitive ability) and teacher variables (i.e., teacher efficacy and teacher-child interaction). Methods: The participants of this study were 263 children and their teachers from the forth to sixth waves of longitudinal data from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education. The data was analyzed using Pearson's correlation and latent growth modeling. Results and Conclusion: The findings of this study are as follows: First, there was a linear decrease in child negative peer interaction over the course of 3 years, and significant individual differences were found in the trajectories (intercept and slope). Second, the predictors had significant casual effects on the trajectories of child negative peer interaction. The trajectories of child negative peer interaction involving girls, higher cognitive ability, and greater teacher-child interaction showed lower degree of intercept and a quicker decrease. Finally, the implications of findings are discussed.
Keywords
peer interaction; children's language and cognitive ability; teacher efficacy; teacher-child interaction;
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