Children’s Play Profiles: Contributions From Child’s Temperament and Father’s Parenting Styles in a Portuguese Sample
Using a sample of Portuguese preschool-age children, we aimed to identify different play profiles based on teachers’ descriptions of social and non-social behaviors, as well as characterize them in terms of children’s characteristics (sex and temperament) and fathers’ parenting styles (e.g., warmth...
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| author | Carolina Santos Lígia Monteiro Olívia Ribeiro Brian E. Vaughn |
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| description | Using a sample of Portuguese preschool-age children, we aimed to identify different play profiles based on teachers’ descriptions of social and non-social behaviors, as well as characterize them in terms of children’s characteristics (sex and temperament) and fathers’ parenting styles (e.g., warmth and involvement or punitive strategies). The 243 children were distributed across four profiles (identified through a two-stage cluster analysis): Solitary/Reticent, Social Rough, Social, and Social Solitary. A univariate effect was found between play profiles and children’s effortful control, as well as fathers’ punitive strategies. In addition, a significant multivariate interaction was found between child’s sex and the Solitary/Reticent and Social Rough profiles for father’s punitive strategies. In this sample, children with social play profiles seem to use diverse types of behaviors during their interactions with peers and in being adjusted within the group. As children’s early experiences with peers are a central context for healthy development, a better understating of the diversity of play profiles and its predictors is important for early interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b36a2600f8db44768500265004aa15ec2022-12-21T20:33:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-08-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01978564867Children’s Play Profiles: Contributions From Child’s Temperament and Father’s Parenting Styles in a Portuguese SampleCarolina Santos0Lígia Monteiro1Olívia Ribeiro2Brian E. Vaughn3Centre for Social Research and Intervention, Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalCentre for Social Research and Intervention, Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalWilliam James Center for Research, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, PortugalHuman Development and Family Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United StatesUsing a sample of Portuguese preschool-age children, we aimed to identify different play profiles based on teachers’ descriptions of social and non-social behaviors, as well as characterize them in terms of children’s characteristics (sex and temperament) and fathers’ parenting styles (e.g., warmth and involvement or punitive strategies). The 243 children were distributed across four profiles (identified through a two-stage cluster analysis): Solitary/Reticent, Social Rough, Social, and Social Solitary. A univariate effect was found between play profiles and children’s effortful control, as well as fathers’ punitive strategies. In addition, a significant multivariate interaction was found between child’s sex and the Solitary/Reticent and Social Rough profiles for father’s punitive strategies. In this sample, children with social play profiles seem to use diverse types of behaviors during their interactions with peers and in being adjusted within the group. As children’s early experiences with peers are a central context for healthy development, a better understating of the diversity of play profiles and its predictors is important for early interventions.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01978/fullplaysocial behaviorsnon-social behaviorstemperamentfatherpreschool |
| spellingShingle | Carolina Santos Lígia Monteiro Olívia Ribeiro Brian E. Vaughn Children’s Play Profiles: Contributions From Child’s Temperament and Father’s Parenting Styles in a Portuguese Sample Frontiers in Psychology play social behaviors non-social behaviors temperament father preschool |
| title | Children’s Play Profiles: Contributions From Child’s Temperament and Father’s Parenting Styles in a Portuguese Sample |
| title_full | Children’s Play Profiles: Contributions From Child’s Temperament and Father’s Parenting Styles in a Portuguese Sample |
| title_fullStr | Children’s Play Profiles: Contributions From Child’s Temperament and Father’s Parenting Styles in a Portuguese Sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | Children’s Play Profiles: Contributions From Child’s Temperament and Father’s Parenting Styles in a Portuguese Sample |
| title_short | Children’s Play Profiles: Contributions From Child’s Temperament and Father’s Parenting Styles in a Portuguese Sample |
| title_sort | children s play profiles contributions from child s temperament and father s parenting styles in a portuguese sample |
| topic | play social behaviors non-social behaviors temperament father preschool |
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