Developmental changes in the nature and function of social dominance among young children

Strayer, F. F.; Trudel, Marcel

doi:10.1016/0162-3095(84)90007-4

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“…L'utilisation conjointe de cette approche avec des mesures sociométriques classiques d'acceptation par les pairs conduit à l'identification d'une structure affiliative stratifiée qui reflète l'organisation du groupe social dans le temps (Santos, 1993;Strayer et Santos, 1996). L'analyse de la nature organisationnelle des groupes de pairs permet une évaluation empirique des rôles sociaux spécifiques comme contrainte sur le développement différentiel des membres d'un groupe stable (Strayer et Trudel, 1984). L'étude de la dynamique interactive au sein des sous-groupes affiliatifs offre ainsi de nouvelles pistes pour comprendre les précur-seurs du développement des relations interpersonnelles entre les jeunes enfants.…”

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L’influence du réseau affiliatif sur la répartition de l’attention sociale chez l’enfant en groupe préscolaire

Santos¹,

Vaughn

Bonnet³

2007

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Cette étude examine les variations dans l'allocation de l'attention sociale, en fonction des rôles sociaux des enfants d'âge préscolaire dans le réseau affiliatif de leur groupe. Les observations ont été réalisées auprès d'enfants de cinq ans, en automne, en hiver et au printemps de l'année scolaire en utilisant la technique du "voisin le plus proche". Les résultats révèlent de forts biais endogroupes dans la répartition de l'attention interpersonnelle. Des analyses complémentaires explorent les préférences des enfants pour des partenaires spécifiques et documentent la stratification des unités affiliatives. Les cliques de plus haut statut reçoivent comparativement plus l'attention des membres des autres sous-groupes d'affiliation. Ces résultats sont discutés par rapport à l'émergence des compétences sociales qui facilitent l'intégration des enfants dans le groupe préscolaire.This study examined changes in the allocation of social attention as a function of children's roles within the affiliative network of the preschool play group during the school year. Affiliative group structures were derived using a nearest neighbor data collected in the Fall, Winter and Spring sessions in a five-year old play group. Indices of allocation of attention revealed a strong endo-group bias throughout the school year. Secondary analyses examined the stratification of affiliative units in terms of children's preferences for particular playmates. Findings indicate that higher status cliques received a disproportionate amount of attention from other group members. Results are discussed in term of interactive strategies related to emerging social competence that promote individual integration within the peer group. It is argued that children who fail to develop these strategies may be at risk for peer rejection or peer neglect.Este estudio examina las variaciones en la reparticion de la atencion social en funcion de los roles sociales de los ninos de edad preescolar dentro de los grupos de afiliacion. Las obsevaciones han sido realizadas en ninos de cinco anos, en otono, en invierno y en la primavera del ano escolar, utilizando la técnica del "vecino mas cercano". Los resultados revelan fuertes desvios intragrupos en la reparticion de la atencion interpersonal. Analisis complementarios exploran las preferencias de los ninos por companeros especfficos y documentan la estratificacion de las unidades de afiliacion. Las pandillas consideradas con mayor status reciben comparativamente mas atencion de los miembros de los otros subgrupos de afiliacion. Estos resultados son discutidos en relacion a la emergencia de las competencias sociales que facilitan la integracion de los ninos en el grupo prescolar.Diese Studie untersucht die verschiedenen Varianten in der Zuwendung der Aufmerksamkeit im Hinblick auf die sozialen Rollen von Vorschulkindern im Rahmen ihrer Gruppenbindungen. Beobachtet wurden Kinder im Alter von funf Jahren jeweils im Herbst, Winter und Fiïihjahr des Vorschuljahres nach dem Kriterium des "besten Freundes". Aus den Ergebnis...

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L’influence du réseau affiliatif sur la répartition de l’attention sociale chez l’enfant en groupe préscolaire

Santos¹,

Vaughn

Bonnet³

2007

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“…Strayer and his colleagues (Strayer 1980a, b;Strayer and Trudel 1984;Strayer and Nöel 1986) also reported that children's position in the dominance hierarchy was related to issues of friendship choice and general popularity. However, Waters (1980, 1981) questioned the importance of social dominance as the central organizing dimension for the early peer group and proposed instead that social competence was the central feature of children's social organization.…”

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Child social ethology and peer relations: a developmental review of methodology and findings

Santos

Winegar

1999

acta ethol

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During the last three decades, developmental research has increasingly emphasized the relevance of peer relations in children's socialization. However, most studies of child development still focus upon individual differences in social status, tacitly neglecting relational constraints inherent in the ecology of the peer group. In contrast, socioethological approaches have stressed that natural groups provide a variety of distinct social roles that may have a differential impact upon individual growth and development. However, ethological analyses have often been limited to aggressive relations and group dominance structures. Comparable studies of affiliative organization have been hampered by the paucity of models for the study of cohesive social structure, only recently having begun to overcome this obstacle. A potential third dimension of preschool peer group ethology, object use, has been relatively neglected in studies of peer relations. However, recent research suggests that object use is a salient and important component of the social world of the young child. This article reviews methodology and recent findings in the area of peer relations and discusses the developmental implications of this work.

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“…child development | social dominance | stress | mental health A cts of dominance and subordination are the most universal, prototypical features of the hierarchical social organization that characterizes much of invertebrate to vertebrate phylogeny, from roundworms (1) and fruit flies (2) to cichlid fish (3), nonhuman primates (4,5), and human children (6)(7)(8)(9). Across these diverse species, group organization is shaped by ordered, linearly transitive social relationships, the evolutionary emergence of which has been variably attributed to the adaptive advantages of divisions of labor and social roles (10), cooperative breeding (11), leadership provision (9,12), checks on aggression (13), and/or constraining disease transmission (14).…”

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Social stratification, classroom climate, and the behavioral adaptation of kindergarten children

Boyce

Obradović

Bush

et al. 2012

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Socioeconomic status (SES) is the single most potent determinant of health within human populations, from infancy through old age. Although the social stratification of health is nearly universal, there is persistent uncertainty regarding the dimensions of SES that effect such inequalities and thus little clarity about the principles of intervention by which inequalities might be abated. Guided by animal models of hierarchical organization and the health correlates of subordination, this prospective study examined the partitioning of children's adaptive behavioral development by their positions within kindergarten classroom hierarchies. A sample of 338 5-y-old children was recruited from 29 Berkeley, California public school classrooms. A naturalistic observational measure of social position, parent-reported family SES, and child-reported classroom climate were used in estimating multilevel, random-effects models of children's adaptive behavior at the end of the kindergarten year. Children occupying subordinate positions had significantly more maladaptive behavioral outcomes than their dominant peers. Further, interaction terms revealed that low family SES and female sex magnified, and teachers' child-centered pedagogical practices diminished, the adverse influences of social subordination. Taken together, results suggest that, even within early childhood groups, social stratification is associated with a partitioning of adaptive behavioral outcomes and that the character of larger societal and school structures in which such groups are nested can moderate rank-behavior associations.child development | social dominance | stress | mental health

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Developmental changes in the nature and function of social dominance among young children

Cited by 123 publications

References 16 publications

L’influence du réseau affiliatif sur la répartition de l’attention sociale chez l’enfant en groupe préscolaire

L’influence du réseau affiliatif sur la répartition de l’attention sociale chez l’enfant en groupe préscolaire

Child social ethology and peer relations: a developmental review of methodology and findings

Social stratification, classroom climate, and the behavioral adaptation of kindergarten children

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